单词 | self-propagation |
释义 | self-propagationn. The action of a plant, animal, etc., reproducing itself; the action of generating one's own growth. ΚΠ 1674 M. Barker Nat. Theol. ii. 26 Whence is it that those two Natural Principles of Self-preservation, and Self-propagation, are so inviolably founded in the Nature of all living Creatures. 1811 E. N. Bancroft Ess. Yellow Fever 19 Zoophytes, Hydatides, Polypi, &c...are all capable of muscular motion and self-propagation. 1855 Assoc. Med. Jrnl. Jan. 88/2 The syphilitic poison..carries its powers of self-propagation by inoculation a very short distance beyond the spot at which it is introduced. 1909 Classical Jrnl. 4 218 Plausible error has wonderful power of self-propagation. 1980 Newsweek (U.S. ed.) (Nexis) 23 June 85 The government has resurrected the Three Self Movement (self-administration, self-propagation, self-support) as an umbrella church for China's diverse denominations. 2012 C. Oguamanam Intellect. Prop. in Global Governance v. 108 Self-propagation in seeds is fundamentally at cross-purposes with the private sector's proprietary interest in the control of seeds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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