proliferation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
proliferation
    n 1: growth by the rapid multiplication of parts
    2: a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in
       the number of deadly weapons); "the proliferation of nuclear
       weapons" [ant: {non-proliferation}, {nonproliferation}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Proliferation \Pro*lif`er*a"tion\, n.
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   1. (Biol.) The continuous development of cells in tissue
      formation; cell formation. --Virchow.
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   2. (Zool.) The production of numerous zooids by budding,
      especially when buds arise from other buds in succession.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
80 Moby Thesaurus words for "proliferation":
      access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation,
      addition, advance, aggrandizement, amplification, appreciation,
      ascent, augmentation, ballooning, begetting, bloating, boom, boost,
      breeding, broadening, buildup, burgeoning, crescendo,
      crossbreeding, development, dissogeny, edema, elevation, endogamy,
      engenderment, enlargement, escalation, expansion, extension, flood,
      fructification, gain, generation, greatening, growth, gush, hike,
      inbreeding, increase, increment, inflation, jump, leap,
      linebreeding, mounting, multiple, multiplication,
      multiplication table, multiplier, multiplying, outbreeding,
      procreation, production, productiveness, prolification,
      propagation, pullulation, raise, reproduction, rise, snowballing,
      spread, surge, swelling, tables, tumescence, up, upping, upsurge,
      upswing, uptrend, upturn, waxing, widening, xenogamy

    

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