"diffusivity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: diffusivities [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English diffusive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English diffusivity From diffusive + -ity. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|diffusive|-ity|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English diffusive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English diffusivity [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ty", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ts", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂ts", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-itās", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ity", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "diffusivity", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="diffusivity"> From diffusive + -ity. Head templates: {{en-noun}} diffusivity (plural diffusivities)
  1. A tendency to diffuse Translations (tendency to diffuse): 확산성 (hwaksanseong) (Korean), difuzivitate [feminine] (Romanian), difuzivnost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-diffusivity-en-noun-YC0Z5vkq Disambiguation of 'tendency to diffuse': 97 3
  2. (physics) a coefficient of diffusion; especially the amount of heat that passes through a given area in unit time Translations (coefficient of diffusion): difuzivnost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: superdiffusivity Related terms: diffusate, diffuser, diffusibility, diffusible, diffusive

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