propagation
noun
the act of propagating.
self-propagation
-
a word derived from
propagation.
Example Sentences
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In early 2007, the self-propagation message that dominated the field was “230 dead as storm batters Europe”: the vehicle for the eponymous Storm Worm.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 21, 2013
Finally, the success of spam and self-propagation messages, as well as many particular aspects of the exploits that worms perform, depend on languages.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 21, 2013
Such a message is classified as a self-propagation spam campaign in the language of the antispam community—spam to add more machines to a network.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 21, 2013
The "Three-Selfs" stood for self-government, self-propagation and self-support.
From Time Magazine Archive
These cellules have the marvellous faculty of self-propagation, and the faculty, not less marvellous, of transmitting to their posterity the favorable modifications which they have undergone.
From The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism by Henry Downton
