diffusion
Meaning of diffusion
noun
- The act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion.
- 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.
- The spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities.
- The gradual spread and adoption of goods or services.
- 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.
Information about diffusion
- It is a name.
- The plural form of diffusion is: diffusions.
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Hyphenation of diffusion
dif-fu-sion
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- diffusion is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
diffusion synonyms
Meaning dissemination:
Meaning dispersion:
dispersion, dispersal, dissemination
Translation of diffusion
- German: Diffusion
- Spanish: difusión
- French: diffusion
- Italian: diffusione
- Portuguese: difusão
Words that rhyme with diffusion
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