- present tense form of propagate (3rd person singular).
propagates
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After each sensor's complex wavefield is reconstructed, the system digitally extends the data and mathematically propagates the wavefields back to the object plane.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2026
“Tár” takes place inside that vacuum, where the conductor propagates this great myth to maintain her control.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2025
Now a nonprofit, the group propagates and distributes about 10,000 native saplings annually from wild-collected seed, mostly to other nonprofits and ecological restoration efforts.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
It’s one of many factors the researchers had to consider in their acoustic modeling, along with wind speed, temperature and time of year, which can all affect how sound propagates through the ocean.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2024
As digestion precedes the first, so generation follows the last of these functions, and not only continues the same species of action, but propagates it widely to new existences in the manner just described.
From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Walker, Alexander
