spreading

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the spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area; diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination
the act of dispersing or diffusing something; scatter, scattering, strewing
the act of scattering; decentralisation, decentralization
the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments; recirculation
circulation again; crop-dusting, spraying
the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)

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the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another; dispersion, scattering
spreading widely or driving off; invasion
(pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body; irradiation
(physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex; radiation
the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats; Diaspora
the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time; dissipation
breaking up and scattering by dispersion; adaptive radiation
the development of many different forms from an originally homogeneous group of organisms as they fill different ecological niches

Type of:: change of location, travel
a movement through space that changes the location of something

Types:: circulation
the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines); extension, propagation
the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions

DEFINITIONS OF: spreading