"diffusion" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈfjuːʒən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-diffusion.wav [Southern-England] Forms: diffusions [plural]
Rhymes: -uːʒən Etymology: Borrowed from Latin diffūsiō, from diffundō; can be decomposed as diffuse + -ion. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|diffūsiō}} Latin diffūsiō, {{m|la|diffundō}} diffundō, {{suffix|en|diffuse|ion}} diffuse + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} diffusion (countable and uncountable, plural diffusions)
  1. The act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-diffusion-en-noun-I1BLJP65 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 10 12 13 4 27 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 12 13 13 15 6 20 20
  2. (physics) The scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Translations (in physics, scattering of light): اِنْتِشَار (intišār) [masculine] (Arabic), 散射 (Chinese Mandarin), diffusion [feminine] (French), Streuung [feminine] (German), विसरण (visaraṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), انتشار (entešâr) (Persian), rozprzestrzenianie [neuter] (Polish), рассе́ивание (rasséivanije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-diffusion-en-noun-U7tnuJ49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 10 12 13 4 27 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 12 13 13 15 6 20 20 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'in physics, scattering of light': 4 39 18 5 3 21 10
  3. (physics) The intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-diffusion-en-noun-x4cWhLj7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 10 12 13 4 27 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 12 13 13 15 6 20 20 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  4. The spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-diffusion-en-noun-Z25Q5o2k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 10 12 13 4 27 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 12 13 13 15 6 20 20
  5. (marketing) The gradual spread and adoption of goods or services. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Marketing
    Sense id: en-diffusion-en-noun-Kf4BVE~g Topics: business, marketing
  6. (physics, weather) Exchange of airborne media between regions in space in an apparently random motion of a small scale. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics, Weather
    Sense id: en-diffusion-en-noun-c0U9fqrX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 10 12 13 4 27 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 15 14 14 5 24 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 12 13 13 15 6 20 20 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, weather
  7. The movement of water vapor from regions of high concentration (high water vapor pressure) toward regions of lower concentration. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Liquids
    Sense id: en-diffusion-en-noun--dhvM5sE Disambiguation of Liquids: 9 12 13 10 4 14 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 10 12 13 4 27 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 12 13 13 15 6 20 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cultural diffusion, diffusion-barrier, error diffusion, self-diffusion Related terms: diffuseness, diffusity, diffuser Translations (in physics, intermingling of molecules): дифузия (difuzija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), difusió [feminine] (Catalan), 擴散 (Chinese Mandarin), 扩散 (kuòsàn) (Chinese Mandarin), difuze [feminine] (Czech), diffusie [feminine] (Dutch), diffusion [feminine] (French), Diffusion [feminine] (German), विसरण (visaraṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), difusi (Indonesian), 拡散 (kakusan) (alt: かくさん) (Japanese), ingotanga (Maori), dyfuzja [feminine] (Polish), difusão [feminine] (Portuguese), difuzie [feminine] (Romanian), диффу́зия (diffúzija) [feminine] (Russian), дифузија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), difuzija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), difusión [feminine] (Spanish), panunuot (Tagalog), difüzyon (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'in physics, intermingling of molecules': 5 19 30 7 2 25 12

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