diffusion
See also: Diffusion
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin diffūsiō, from diffundō; can be decomposed as diffuse + -ion.
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diffusion (countable and uncountable, plural diffusions)
- The act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion.
- (physics) The scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium.
- (physics) The intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation.
- gaseous diffusion
- The spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities.
- 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 99:
- 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.
- (marketing) The gradual spread and adoption of goods or services.
- (physics, weather) 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.
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in physics, scattering of light
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in physics, intermingling of molecules
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin diffusiōnem. By surface analysis, diffuser + -ion.
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diffusion f (plural diffusions)
- broadcasting, showing
- dissemination, diffusion (of culture, knowledge, etc.)
- circulation (of a news medium)
- (physics) diffusion
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Further reading edit
- “diffusion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.