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What does proliferation mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
  2. (countable) The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.
  3. (countable) The result of building up; buildup, accretion.
  4. (uncountable) The spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.
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Both the pigs and the roads have contributed to the proliferation of a number of weedy species.
These receptors are involved in the regulation of metabolism, embryogenesis, tissue regeneration, and cell proliferation.
Despite the proliferation of computers of every size, mainframes still house most of the world's data.
The threat of nuclear proliferation will abate as dangerous stockpiles of atomic weapons are quickly used up.
That in itself is proliferation, and it is linked to the aggressive doctrine of regime change.
We have organized a proliferation security initiative, to interdict lethal materials and technologies in transit.

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