antipropagation

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adjective

Preventing or opposing propagation.

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Meanings

adjectiveantipropagation (comparative more antipropagation, superlative most antipropagation)

comparative more antipropagation · superlative most antipropagation

  1. Preventing or opposing propagation.

    Many more pools will, of course, be found; but, nevertheless, I infer that the amount of breeding surface per square mile of country is extremely small, so that antipropagation measures ought to be correspondingly cheap.

    1909, United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Report of the Board of Regents: Volume 63

Origin

From anti- + propagation.

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APA

antipropagation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antipropagation

MLA

“antipropagation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antipropagation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antipropagation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antipropagation.

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