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noun

Diffusion n.

The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion. "A diffusion of knowledge which has undermined superstition."

(Physiol.) The act of passing by osmosis through animal membranes, as in the distribution of poisons, gases, etc., through the body. Unlike absorption, diffusion may go on after death, that is, after the blood ceases to circulate.

Synonyms: Extension; spread; propagation; circulation; expansion; dispersion.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Diffusion" Quotes from Famous Books

... deteriorating action of bush life. The middle classes constitute the most influential body in South Australia. The German race are largely interspersed in the colonies of South Australia and Port Phillip. As they acquire the language they separate. Their condition improves more rapidly by diffusion, and their villages are rather asylums than homes. As might be expected the prevailing spirit of the colonies is democratic: the democracy of the middle classes, not of the mob. There are no permanent springs of crime: the instinct of order, everywhere ...

— The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2) • John West

... have given to his people, especially in Great Britain, an elevated tone of intelligence as well as of piety. He may, indeed, be considered the leader in those exertions which are now being made for the popular diffusion ...

— The Book of Religions • John Hayward

... of Missionaries in the Diffusion of Secular Knowledge in China II. Unmentioned Reforms III. ...

— The Awakening of China • W.A.P. Martin

... coloring of shadows in Martinique, where it exists to a degree that tempts one to believe the island has a special atmosphere of its own.... A friend tells me the phenomenon is probably due to inorganic substances floating in the air—each substance in diffusion having its own index of refraction. Substances so held in suspension by vapors would vary according to the nature of soil in different islands, and might thus produce special local effects ...

— Two Years in the French West Indies • Lafcadio Hearn

... providing that the German element is not split up in the world, but remains united in compact blocks, and thus forms, even in foreign countries, political centres of gravity in our favour, markets for our exports, and centres for the diffusion of German culture. ...

— Germany and the Next War • Friedrich von Bernhardi

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