difuso
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin diffūsus (“diffused”), perfect passive participle of diffundō (“to diffuse”), dif- + fundō (“to pour out”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: di‧fu‧so
Adjective edit
difuso (feminine difusa, masculine plural difusos, feminine plural difusas)
- diffuse (not concentrated)
- Synonyms: espalhado, propagado, desconcentrado
- Antonym: concentrado
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
difuso (feminine difusa, masculine plural difusos, feminine plural difusas)
Derived terms edit
- conjunto difuso (“fuzzy set”)
- lógica difusa
- teoría de los subconjuntos difusos (“fuzzy subset theory”)
Further reading edit
- “difuso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014