self-propagating

Adjective

Meaning

Propagating by one's self or by itself.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Examples

In the short term, natural selection favors self-propagating systems that pursue their own short-term advantage with little or no regard for long-term consequences. Theodore Kaczynski

Advanced mages can craft self-propagating memes or curse entire family lines with blights. Source: Internet

A nuclear chain reaction occurs when one single nuclear reaction causes an average of one or more subsequent nuclear reactions, thus leading to the possibility of a self-propagating series of these reactions. Source: Internet

In both types of processes, the corresponding reactive intermediates (radicals, ions) are permanently regenerated, and thus they proceed by a self-propagating chain mechanism. Source: Internet

Because I know I give it my utmost attention and perhaps it is one of those self-propagating things like whirlwinds of leaves. Source: Internet

Maxwell discovered that self-propagating electromagnetic waves would travel through space at a constant speed, which happened to be equal to the previously measured speed of light. Source: Internet

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