DIFFUSION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of dispersing or diffusing something
   Synonym(s)
   • dispersal (what does dispersal mean?)
   • dispersion (what does dispersion mean?)
   • dissemination (what does dissemination mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the dispersion of the troops
   • the diffusion of knowledge
   Hypernyms(s) diffusion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • spread (what does spread mean?)
   • spreading (what does spreading mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • crop-dusting (what does crop-dusting mean?)
   • spraying (what does spraying mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • diffuse (what does diffuse mean?)
   • spread (what does spread mean?)
   • spread out (what does spread out mean?)
   • fan out (what does fan out mean?)
   • permeate (what does permeate mean?)
   • pervade (what does pervade mean?)
   • penetrate (what does penetrate mean?)
   • interpenetrate (what does interpenetrate mean?)
   • diffuse (what does diffuse mean?)
   • imbue (what does imbue mean?)
   • circulate (what does circulate mean?)
   • circularize (what does circularize mean?)
   • circularise (what does circularise mean?)
   • distribute (what does distribute mean?)
   • disseminate (what does disseminate mean?)
   • propagate (what does propagate mean?)
   • broadcast (what does broadcast mean?)
   • spread (what does spread mean?)
   • diffuse (what does diffuse mean?)
   • disperse (what does disperse mean?)
   • pass around (what does pass around mean?)
   • circulate (what does circulate mean?)
   • circularize (what does circularize mean?)
   • circularise (what does circularise mean?)
   • distribute (what does distribute mean?)
   • disseminate (what does disseminate mean?)
   • propagate (what does propagate mean?)
   • broadcast (what does broadcast mean?)
   • spread (what does spread mean?)
   • diffuse (what does diffuse mean?)
   • disperse (what does disperse mean?)
   • pass around (what does pass around mean?)
   • circulate (what does circulate mean?)
   • circularize (what does circularize mean?)
   • circularise (what does circularise mean?)
   • distribute (what does distribute mean?)
   • disseminate (what does disseminate mean?)
   • propagate (what does propagate mean?)
   • broadcast (what does broadcast mean?)
   • spread (what does spread mean?)
   • diffuse (what does diffuse mean?)
   • disperse (what does disperse mean?)
   • pass around (what does pass around mean?)
   • disperse (what does disperse mean?)
   • dissipate (what does dissipate mean?)
   • dispel (what does dispel mean?)
   • break up (what does break up mean?)
   • scatter (what does scatter mean?)
   • circulate (what does circulate mean?)
   • circularize (what does circularize mean?)
   • circularise (what does circularise mean?)
   • distribute (what does distribute mean?)
   • disseminate (what does disseminate mean?)
   • propagate (what does propagate mean?)
   • broadcast (what does broadcast mean?)
   • spread (what does spread mean?)
   • diffuse (what does diffuse mean?)
   • disperse (what does disperse mean?)
   • pass around (what does pass around mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the property of being diffused or dispersed
   Synonym(s)
   • dissemination (what does dissemination mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) diffusion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • distribution (what does distribution mean?)
   • dispersion (what does dispersion mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • circulate (what does circulate mean?)
   • circularize (what does circularize mean?)
   • circularise (what does circularise mean?)
   • distribute (what does distribute mean?)
   • disseminate (what does disseminate mean?)
   • propagate (what does propagate mean?)
   • broadcast (what does broadcast mean?)
   • spread (what does spread mean?)
   • diffuse (what does diffuse mean?)
   • disperse (what does disperse mean?)
   • pass around (what does pass around mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another
   Hypernyms(s) diffusion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • spread (what does spread mean?)
   • spreading (what does spreading mean?)
4. Meaning
   • (physics) the process of diffusing
   • the intermingling of molecules in gases and liquids as a result of random thermal agitation
   Hypernyms(s) diffusion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • natural process (what does natural process mean?)
   • natural action (what does natural action mean?)
   • action (what does action mean?)
   • activity (what does activity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • osmosis (what does osmosis mean?)
   • permeation (what does permeation mean?)
   • pervasion (what does pervasion mean?)
   • suffusion (what does suffusion mean?)
   • transport (what does transport mean?)