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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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Diffuseness
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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
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
EXPANDnon·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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| 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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