Proliferation

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noun

1. The process by which an organism produces others of its kind: breeding, multiplication, procreation, propagation, reproduction, spawning. Obsolete increase. See reproduction/barrenness.
2. The act of increasing or rising: aggrandizement, amplification, augment, augmentation, boost, buildup, enlargement, escalation, growth, hike, increase, jump, multiplication, raise, rise, swell, upsurge, upswing, upturn. See increase/decrease.
3. The result or product of building up: accretion, buildup, development, enlargement, multiplication. See increase/decrease.

The spread of biochemical, nuclear, and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them. "Primary proliferators" are the leading industrial nations like the U.S., France, Great Britain, Russia, who originally develop nuclear weapons and biological and chemical warfare agents. "Secondary proliferators" are those countries that have developed indigenous programs and that now may or do sell their innovations to other countries or terrorist organizations. The U. S. government think these include China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Russia, and Syria.

The reproduction or multiplication of similar forms, especially of cells.

Growth by reproduction of similar cells.

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Proliferation may refer to:

• Nuclear proliferation
• Chemical weapon proliferation
• Cell proliferation
• The proliferative phase of wound healing

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