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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who disseminates news or rumour
2. 2
   someone who spreads the news wordnet
3. 3
   A person who propagates plants
4. 4
   someone who propagates plants (as under glass) wordnet
5. 5
   A covered, sometimes heated container for germinating seeds or raising seedlings

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6. 6
   A function that represents the quantum propagation of a subatomic particle

Synonyms

All synonyms

disseminator

Etymology

From propagate + -or.

Related phrases

subatomic particle

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