propagations

Ways things spread

Propagations are instances of spreading, multiplying, or transmitting something.

Plants undergo propagation when cultivated from cuttings or seeds.

In computing, propagation describes how data or changes spread through a system: DNS propagation can take up to 48 hours.

Radio signals have propagation characteristics affecting how far they travel.

The word applies wherever something extends outward from a source.

botanical

cuttings

Snipped portions for growing

layering · rooting · nursery · offshoots · division · runners · rhizomes · stolons · tissue culture · vegetative

information

dissemination

Wide distribution of information

sharing · circulation · transmission · broadcasting · communication · diffusion · rumor · memes · networks · media

biological

reproduction

Copying or procreation

cell division · mitosis · growth · organisms · bacteria · colonies · cultures · proliferation · generations · offspring

wave

transmission

Sending of information

electromagnetic · broadcasting · wavelengths · antennas · amplitude · diffraction · reflection · refraction · interference · modulation

computational

backpropagation

Reverse gradient computation method

forward pass · training · machine learning · weights · nodes · layers · deep learning · updates · chain rule · derivatives

Opposites
spread vs. containment

propagationscontainments

Acts of holding within

confinements · restrictions · blockages · suppressions · halts

growth vs. reduction

propagationsextinctions

Permanent species loss

eliminations · eradications · reductions · diminutions · contractions

dissemination vs. suppression

propagationssuppressions

Acts of forcibly subduing

censorships · concealments · repressions · prohibitions · bans

Family

propagation

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