Diffusate
(Dif*fus"ate) n. (Chem.) Material which, in the process of catalysis, has diffused or passed
through the separating membrane.
Diffuse
(Dif*fuse") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diffused ; p. pr. & vb. n. Diffusing.] [L. diffusus, p. p. of
diffundere to pour out, to diffuse; dif- = dis- + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt.] To pour out and
cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to
circulate; to disseminate; to scatter; as to diffuse information.
Thence diffuse
His good to worlds and ages infinite.
Milton.
We find this knowledge diffused among all civilized nations.
Whewell. Syn. — To expand; spread; circulate; extend; scatter; disperse; publish; proclaim.
Diffuse
(Dif*fuse"), v. i. To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.
Diffuse
(Dif*fuse") a. [L. diffusus, p. p.] Poured out; widely spread; not restrained; copious; full; esp., of
style, opposed to concise or terse; verbose; prolix; as, a diffuse style; a diffuse writer.
A diffuse and various knowledge of divine and human things.
Milton. Syn. — Prolix; verbose; wide; copious; full. See Prolix.
Diffused
(Dif*fused") a. Spread abroad; dispersed; loose; flowing; diffuse.
It grew to be a widely diffused opinion.
Hawthorne. — Dif*fus"ed*ly adv. — Dif*fus"ed*ness, n.
Diffusely
(Dif*fuse"ly) adv. In a diffuse manner.
Diffuseness
(Dif*fuse"ness), n. The quality of being diffuse; especially, in writing, the use of a great or
excessive number of word to express the meaning; copiousness; verbosity; prolixity.
Diffuser
(Dif*fus"er) n. One who, or that which, diffuses.
Diffusibility
(Dif*fu`si*bil"i*ty) n. The quality of being diffusible; capability of being poured or spread out.
Diffusible
(Dif*fu"si*ble) a.
1. Capable of flowing or spreading in all directions; that may be diffused.
2. (Physiol.) Capable of passing through animal membranes by osmosis.
Diffusibleness
(Dif*fu"si*ble*ness), n. Diffusibility.
Diffusion
(Dif*fu"sion) n. [L. diffusio: cf. F. diffusion.]
1. The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion.
A diffusion of knowledge which has undermined superstition.
Burke. 2. (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.
Syn. — Extension; spread; propagation; circulation; expansion; dispersion.
