diffusion
Pronunciation: /dɪˈfjuː.ʒən/
The English word “diffusion” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion.
- The scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium.
- The intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation.
- The spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities.
- The gradual spread and adoption of goods or services.
- Exchange of airborne media between regions in space in an apparently random motion of a small scale.
- The movement of water vapor from regions of high concentration (high water vapor pressure) toward regions of lower concentration.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin diffūsiō, from diffundō; can be decomposed as diffuse + -ion.
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More English words
- diffusibility
- diffusible
- diffusibleness
- diffusing
- diffusion hypoxia
- diffusion-barrier
- diffusional
- diffusionally
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