propagative

1. 1.

   characterized by propagation or relating to propagation

Questions about propagative

What does propagative mean?

propagative means "characterized by propagation or relating to propagation".

How many syllables are in propagative?

propagative has 4 syllables and divides as pro-pa-ga-tive under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is propagative a common word?

propagative is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.