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In agriculture and horticulture, propagation is the production of increased numbers of plants, by seeds, cuttings, grafting or other methods.
In religion, propagation is a term often used for winning new converts to the particular religion.
In physics, propagation is the motion of waves through or along a medium.
Note: For electromagnetic waves, propagation may occur in a vacuum as well as in material media.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C
See also: photon, waveguide, polarization, antenna theory
