dissemination
See also: dissémination
English
Etymology
From Latin dissēminātus (“broadcast”), past participle of dissēmināre, from dis- (“in all directions”) + sēmināre (“to plant or propagate”), from sēmen, sēminis (“seed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɨˌsɛmɨˈneɪʃən/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
dissemination (countable and uncountable, plural disseminations)
- The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), OCLC 630079698, pages 254–255:
- There was a third class, small indeed when compared to those vast multitudes actuated by fanaticism or interest, but destined to exercise the most beneficial and lasting influence—the reflecting and theoretic few, who saw in universal freedom the only tie between man and his kind—the only rational hope whereon to ground the dissemination of equitable principles among the human race.
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Derived terms
- disseminate
Translations
act of disseminating
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Interlingua
Noun
dissemination (uncountable)
- dissemination, diffusion