dissemination
(dɪˌsɛmɪˈneɪʃən)
[a. L. dissēminātiōn-em, n. of action f. dissēmināre to disseminate; cf. mod.F. dissémination.]
The action of scattering or spreading abroad seed, or anything likened to it; the fact or condition of being thus diffused; dispersion, diffusion, promulgation.
| 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. ii. 7 We..being now at greatest distance from the beginning of errour, are almost lost in its dissemination, whose wayes are boundlesse. 1759 B. Stillingfl. Misc. Tracts (1775) 63 The dissemination of seeds, after they come to maturity. 1794 Sullivan View Nat. I. 185 All these facts manifest the general dissemination of the principle of fire. 1829 I. Taylor Enthus. x. 294 The extensive dissemination of the Scriptures. 1869 Echo 6 Apr., The courage of the missionaries in the dissemination of religious truth. 1874 Cooke Fungi 120 Forms of spores may be illustrated with their modes of dissemination. |