noun. The process of diffusing or the condition of being diffused.

noun. undefined

noun. The scattering of incident light by reflection from a rough surface.

noun. The transmission of light through a translucent material.

noun. The spontaneous intermingling of the particles of two or more substances as a result of random thermal motion.

noun. The spread of linguistic or cultural practices or innovations within a community or from one community to another.

noun. The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused.

noun. A scattering, dispersion, or dissemination, as of dust or seed, or of animals or plants.

noun. Propagation or spread, as of knowledge or doctrine.

noun. Diffuseness; prolixity.

noun. Conduction of heat.

noun. Synonyms Spread, circulation, expansion, dissemination, distribution.

noun. In psychology, the law, formulated by A. Bain, that “according as an impression is accompanied with feeling, the aroused currents diffuse themselves freely over the brain, leading to a general agitation of the moving organs, as well as affecting the viscera.”

noun. The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion.

noun. The act of passing by osmosis through animal membranes, as in the distribution of poisons, gases, etc., through the body. Unlike absorption, diffusion may go on after death, that is, after the blood ceases to circulate.

noun. the act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion

noun. the scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium

noun. the intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation

noun. the spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities

noun. Exchange of airborne media between regions in space in an apparently random motion of a small scale.

noun. the movement of water vapor from regions of high concentration (high water vapor pressure) toward regions of lower concentration.

noun. the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another

noun. (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration

noun. the property of being diffused or dispersed

noun. the act of dispersing or diffusing something

"The term diffusion applies both to dissemination of information about a new technology and dissemination of the technology itself; for instance, new cooking stoves."

anodal diffusion  coefficient of diffusion  diffusion apparatus  diffusion circles  diffusion constant  

dispersion  distribution  spread  spreading  

allusion  collusion  conclusion  confusion  contusion  

absorption  accumulation  advancement  circulation  combustion  

Diaspora  centrifugence  circulation  cosmopolitanism  diffluence