Definition of Diffusing

1. Adjective. Spreading by diffusion.

Exact synonyms: Diffusive, Dispersive, Disseminative
Similar to: Distributive
Derivative terms: Diffuse, Diffuse, Disperse, Disperse, Disseminate

Definition of Diffusing

1. Verb. (present participle of diffuse) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Diffusing

1. diffuse [v] - See also: diffuse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diffusing

diffused reflex
diffusedness
diffusely
diffuseness
diffusenesses
diffuser
diffusers
diffuses
diffusest
diffuseth
diffusibilities
diffusibility
diffusible
diffusible stimulant
diffusibleness
diffusing (current term)
diffusing(a)
diffusing capacity
diffusing factor
diffusing screen
diffusion
diffusion-barrier
diffusion anoxia
diffusion coefficient
diffusion constant
diffusion hypoxia
diffusion limitation
diffusion method
diffusion of innovation
diffusion potential

Literary usage of Diffusing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In any actual case of diffusion, either of the two diffusing gases acquires a small velocity of translation. If we take this velocity into account in ..."

2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1888)
"... who had long been admired as a preacher at Edinburgh, thought now of diffusing his excellent sermons more extensively, and encreasing his reputation, ..."

3. Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution: With an by Lorenzo Sabine (1864)
"Means for diffusing Knowledge limited. OP the thirty-seven newspapers which were published in the Colonies, in April, 1775, if the result of my inquiries be ..."

4. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington (1855)
"May you also, Gentlemen, after having been the happy instruments of diffusing the blessings of literature and the comforts of religion, receive the just ..."

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