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Type Words
Type of growth, increase, increment
Derivation proliferate


the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Type Words
Type of maturation, ontogenesis, development, ontogeny, growing, growth
Derivation proliferate

Examples of proliferation

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This proliferation of motor sports on TV has taken some luster off the Indy 500.
From the sacbee.com
Pereira is especially concerned about the proliferation of horse-collar tackles.
From the usatoday.com
Yes, they say, North Korea's obvious and serial proliferation is a huge problem.
From the time.com
With the proliferation of smart phones, such recordings have become commonplace.
From the heraldtribune.com
Dicer-dependent pathways regulate chondrocyte proliferation and differentiation.
From the nature.com
Nuclear proliferation has not gone as far or as fast as was feared in the 1960s.
From the economist.com
They also benefit from mispricing, volatility and the proliferation of products.
From the economist.com
You just need to open your newspaper to see the proliferation of advertisements.
From the nytimes.com
I certainly share the concern with the proliferation of ETFs in the marketplace.
From the money.cnn.com
More examples
  • Growth by the rapid multiplication of parts
  • A rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons); "the proliferation of nuclear weapons"
  • (proliferate) grow rapidly; "Pizza parlors proliferate in this area"
  • The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction; The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement; The result of building up; buildup, accretion; The spread of biochemical, ...
  • (proliferate) to grow or multiply by rapidly producing new tissue, parts, cells, buds, or offspring.
  • (Proliferate) an increase in cell number by the process of cell division. Carefully regulated in normal cells but improperly controlled in cancer cells.
  • (proliferating) producing offshoots or outgrowths, successively developing new parts.
  • (proliferative (pro-lih-fer-uh-tiv)) excessive growth of cells in the ducts or lobules of the breast tissue. See duct, lobules.
  • In proliferative diabetic retinopathy, the eyes demonstrate, singularly or in combination, neovascularisation of the disc (NVD), neovascularisation of the retina (neovascularisation elsewhere NVE), or neovascularisation of the iris (NVI) capillaries and veins. High-risk characteristics include: