- the act of diffusing or state of being diffused: During the gradual, unorchestrated diffusion of ideas from science into the surrounding culture, crucial information can sometimes be lost.
- excessive wordiness of speech or writing; long-windedness.
- Physics.
- an intermingling of molecules, ions, etc., resulting from random thermal agitation, as in the dispersion of a vapor in air.
- a reflection or refraction of light or other electromagnetic radiation from an irregular surface, or an erratic dispersion through a surface; scattering.
- a soft-focus effect resulting from placing a gelatin or silk plate in front of a studio light or a camera lens, or through the use of diffusion filters.
- the spreading of atmospheric constituents or properties by turbulent motion as well as molecular motion of the air.
- the transmission of elements or features of one culture to another.
- the act or process of diffusing or being diffused; dispersion
- verbosity
- physics
- the random thermal motion of atoms, molecules, clusters of atoms, etc, in gases, liquids, and some solids
- the transfer of atoms or molecules by their random motion from one part of a medium to another
- the transmission or reflection of electromagnetic radiation, esp light, in which the radiation is scattered in many directions and not directly reflected or refracted; scattering
- the degree to which the directions of propagation of reverberant sound waves differ from point to point in an enclosure
- the transmission of social institutions, skills, and myths from one culture to another
