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Narrower term 14

Circulation 76% connected

The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.

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Decentralization 76% connected

The action of decentralizing, or the state of being decentralized.

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Diffusion 76% connected

The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion.

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Dispersal 76% connected

The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion.

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Dispersion 76% connected

The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites a…

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Dissemination 76% connected

The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas…

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Extension 76% connected

The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expa…

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Invasion 76% connected

The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.

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Irradiation 76% connected

Act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.

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Propagation 76% connected

The act of propagating; continuance or multiplication of the kind by generation or successive production; as, the propagation of animals or plants.

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Radiation 76% connected

The act of radiating, or the state of being radiated; emission and diffusion of rays of light; beamy brightness.

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Scatter 76% connected

To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order.

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Scattering 76% connected

of Scatter

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Strewing 76% connected

of Strew

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Broader term 3

Extension 76% connected

The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expa…

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Transmission 76% connected

The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country t…

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Derivationally related 4

Distribute 74% connected

To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.

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Distribute 74% connected

To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.

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Synonym 3

Airing 92% connected

of Air

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Dissemination 92% connected

The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spread 92% connected

of Spread

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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