Meaning of diffusion | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion.
   countable, uncountable
2. The act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion
3. The scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium.
   countable, uncountable
4. The scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium
5. The intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation.
   countable, uncountable
6. The intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation
7. The spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities.
   countable, uncountable
8. The spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities
9. The gradual spread and adoption of goods or services.
   countable, uncountable
10. The gradual spread and adoption of goods or services
11. Exchange of airborne media between regions in space in an apparently random motion of a small scale.
    countable, uncountable
12. The movement of water vapor from regions of high concentration (high water vapor pressure) toward regions of lower concentration.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“gaseous diffusion”

“Even the false-necked vase, though it reaches its widest diffusion at this epoch, is, as we have seen, a type found existing in much earlier strata.”

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