diffusion
The act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion.
Other meanings
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.
“gaseous diffusion”
Related words
- autodiffusion
- biodiffusion
- diffusional
- diffusionism
- diffusionist
- diffusionless
- elastodiffusion
- electrodiffusion
- hydrodiffusion
- hyperdiffusion
- immunodiffusion
- interdiffusion
Word history
From Latin "diffūsiō".
Where this comes from
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