growth by the rapid multiplication of parts a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons); "the proliferation of nuclear weapons
The production of numerous zooids by budding, especially when buds arise from other buds in succession
The spread of nuclear weapons to countries without them and their development within countries which have them (see also Non-Proliferation Treaty)
The rapid spreading of something This could apply to nuclear knowledge as well as nuclear materials
A small plantlet will occasionally form on the scape This is called a proliferation and can be rooted to form a plant (clone) identical to the mother plant
Proliferation or reconstruction is when new granulation tissue is formed to replace lost volume Epithelial cells grow around the wound, or in islets, to form a new protective covering