propagator

English

Etymology

propagate +‎ -or

Noun

propagator (plural propagators)

  1. A person who disseminates news or rumour
  2. A person who propagates plants
  3. A covered, sometimes heated container for germinating seeds or raising seedlings
  4. (physics) A function that represents the quantum propagation of a subatomic particle

Translations

Latin

Verb

prōpāgātor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of prōpāgō
  2. third-person singular future passive imperative of prōpāgō

References
  • propagator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • propagator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • propagator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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