to propagate

Examples

• All

• Photons whose energies lie within the bandgap cannot propagate through the structure.

  Academic text (1999)

• Mechanical disturbances create isentropic pressure fluctuations that propagate as phonons with the speed of sound in water.

  Academic text (2011)

• Think about a water wave propagating on the ocean.

• For nearby sources, the extinction is small enough that most light can propagate unaffected.

  Academic text (1999)

• Regular soundwaves, they can't propagate this far without decay.

  Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

• The waves are propagating toward the shorelines of every continent.

  The Abyss (1989)

• You move a membrane and the membrane vibrates back and forth and it creates high and low pressure points that propagate outwards.

• The Higgs boson is like the sound wave propagating through the through the condensate.

• However, for energies larger than about 5 keV, x-ray and gamma-ray photons propagate essentially freely through the Galaxy.

  Academic text (1999)

• The sound waves propagate through the air, allowing us to hear music from a distance.

Synonyms

T

to transmit

vsto propagate

84 3.9

To let sound, light, or energy pass through something

moves especially as waves through a medium rather than simply conveying

E

to emanate

vsto propagate

60 6.5

To come out from a source, like a smell, sound, or feeling

moves through a medium rather than only originating at the source

P

to pass through

vsto propagate

44 2.8

To make a liquid or gas go through a filter

moves instead as waves through a medium rather than being filtered

P

to permeate

vsto propagate

24 6.0

To spread through something and reach every part

moves directionally through a medium rather than filling every part

Antonyms

S

to stop

∞ 1.0

To make something end and not continue

How Far

to pervade

22 6.7

travel

• Specialized

86 2.7

to transmit

84 3.9

to propagate

• Specialized

5 7.0

to attenuate

9 7.9

to die out

47 3.7

Surface Forms

Etymology