diffusion

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US /dɪˈfjuʒən/ UK /dɪˈfjuːʒən/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the spreading of something more widely; the intermingling of particles

    The diffusion of printing transformed European learning.

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Synonyms
1 noun · the spreading of something... dispersionspreaddisseminationscatteringpropagationinterminglingcirculation
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Word family
Related forms diffusediffusivediffusible

Etymology

From Latin diffusio ('a spreading out, pouring forth'), from diffundere ('to pour out, spread'), from dis- ('apart') plus fundere ('to pour').

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