diffusion
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1. the act of dispersing or diffusing something (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | spread, spreading, |
| definition | : | act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | crop-dusting, spraying, |
| definition | : | the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft) (noun.act) |
2. the property of being diffused or dispersed (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | dispersion, distribution, |
| definition | : | the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume (noun.attribute) |
3. the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another (noun.event)
| hypernym | : | spread, spreading, |
| definition | : | process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space (noun.event) |
| domain category | : | mythology, |
| definition | : | myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person (noun.group) |
4. (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration (noun.process)
| hyponym | : | osmosis, |
| definition | : | (biology, chemistry) diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | transport, |
| definition | : | an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes (noun.process) |
| domain category | : | natural philosophy, physics, |
| definition | : | the science of matter and energy and their interactions (noun.cognition) |
5. the act of dispersing or diffusing something (noun.act)
| derivation | : | broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread, |
| definition | : | cause to become widely known (verb.communication) |
6. the property of being diffused or dispersed (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread, |
| definition | : | cause to become widely known (verb.communication) |
7. the act of dispersing or diffusing something (noun.act)
| derivation | : | broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread, |
| definition | : | cause to become widely known (verb.communication) |
8. the property of being diffused or dispersed (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread, |
| definition | : | cause to become widely known (verb.communication) |
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