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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. growth by the rapid multiplication of parts;

2. a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons);
- Example: "the proliferation of nuclear weapons"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Proliferation \Pro*lif`er*a"tion\, n.
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   1. (Biol.) The continuous development of cells in tissue
      formation; cell formation. --Virchow.
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   2. (Zool.) The production of numerous zooids by budding,
      especially when buds arise from other buds in succession.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

proliferation
    n 1: growth by the rapid multiplication of parts
    2: a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in
       the number of deadly weapons); "the proliferation of nuclear
       weapons" [ant: non-proliferation, nonproliferation]