diffuseness
verb (used with object)
1.
to pour out and spread, as a fluid.
2.
to spread or scatter widely or thinly; disseminate.
3.
Physics. to spread by diffusion.
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adjective
6.
characterized by great length or discursiveness in speech or writing; wordy.
7.
widely spread or scattered; dispersed.
8.
Botany. widely or loosely spreading.
9.
Optics. (of reflected light) scattered, as from a rough surface (opposed to specular ).
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latin diffūsus spread, poured forth. See dif-, fuse2
1350–1400; Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latin diffūsus spread, poured forth. See dif-, fuse2
Related forms
li dif·fuse·ness, noun
in·ter·dif·fuse, verb, in·ter·dif·fused, in·ter·dif·fus·ing.
non·dif·fuse, adjective
non·dif·fused, adjective
non·dif·fus·ing, adjective
o·ver·dif·fuse, verb, o·ver·dif·fused, o·ver·dif·fus·ing, adjective
o·ver·dif·fuse·ly, adverb
o·ver·dif·fuse·ness, noun
re·dif·fuse, verb, re·dif·fused, re·dif·fus·ing.
un·dif·fused, adjective
well-dif·fused, adjective
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World English Dictionary
| diffuse | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to spread or cause to spread in all directions |
| 2. | to undergo or cause to undergo diffusion |
| 3. | to scatter or cause to scatter; disseminate; disperse |
| —adj | |
| 4. | spread out over a wide area |
| 5. | lacking conciseness |
| 6. | (esp of some creeping stems) spreading loosely over a large area |
| 7. | characterized by or exhibiting diffusion: diffuse light; diffuse reflection |
| 8. | botany (of plant growth) occurring throughout a tissue |
| [C15: from Latin diffūsus spread abroad, from diffundere to pour forth, from dis- away + fundere to pour] | |
| diffusely | |
| —adv | |
| dif'fuseness | |
| —n | |
| diffusible | |
| —adj | |
| diffusi'bility | |
| —n | |
| dif'fusibleness | |
| —n | |
| diffuse | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to spread or cause to spread in all directions |
| 2. | to undergo or cause to undergo diffusion |
| 3. | to scatter or cause to scatter; disseminate; disperse |
| —adj | |
| 4. | spread out over a wide area |
| 5. | lacking conciseness |
| 6. | (esp of some creeping stems) spreading loosely over a large area |
| 7. | characterized by or exhibiting diffusion: diffuse light; diffuse reflection |
| 8. | botany (of plant growth) occurring throughout a tissue |
| [C15: from Latin diffūsus spread abroad, from diffundere to pour forth, from dis- away + fundere to pour] | |
| diffusely | |
| —adv | |
| dif'fuseness | |
| —n | |
| diffusible | |
| —adj | |
| diffusi'bility | |
| —n | |
| dif'fusibleness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
diffuse
1520s (trans.), 1650s (intrans.), from L. diffus-, pp. stem of diffundere "to pour out or away" (see diffusion). Related: Diffused; diffusing.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
diffuse dif·fuse (dĭ-fy&oomacr;s')
adj.
Not limited to one tissue or location; widespread. v. dif·fused, dif·fus·ing, dif·fus·es (dĭ-fy&oomacr;z')
To spread or to be spread widely, as through a tissue.
dif·fus'i·ble (-fy&oomacr;'zə-bəl) adj.
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