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Definition of Diffusive

1. Adjective. Spreading by diffusion.

Definition of Diffusive

1. a. Having the quality of diffusing; capable of spreading every way by flowing; spreading widely; widely reaching; copious; diffuse.

Definition of Diffusive

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or caused by diffusion ¹

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Definition of Diffusive

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diffusive

Literary usage of Diffusive

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

1. Bacchus: An Essay on the Nature, Causes, Effects, and Cure of Intemperance by Ralph Barnes Grindrod, Charles Alfred Lee (1855)
"For these reasons it will easily be perceived, how incomparably more dangerous are the class of diffusive stimulants, than those designated as " simple ..."

2. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1843)
"... build your town with all the subtle matter of Descartes, all his globular and diffusive matter ; and they shall be brought to you by Cyrano de Bergerac. ..."

3. Memoirs of the Life of Mrs. Elizabeth Carter: With a New Edition of Her by Elizabeth Carter, Montagu Pennington (1807)
"... :f : While pleas'd she tells thy more engaging part, Thy social temper and diffusive heart. Unless these charms their soft'ning aid bestow, ..."

4. Development of English Literature and Language by Alfred Hix Welsh (1885)
"diffusive PERIOD. CHAPTER VI. FEATURES. On, like the comet's way, through Infinite space, Stretches the long ..."

5. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"... advanced state of life admits of, and with all the tranquillity of mind which a consciousness of diffusive benevolence to men and active worth aspires. ..."

6. A History of American Literature: With a View to the Fundamental Principles by Fred Lewis Pattee (1896)
"THE diffusive PERIOD. 1861 . FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE PRESENT TIME. ALTHOUGH the Civil War closed, in all its phases, the great intellectual and ..."

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