| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| 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 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.