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Showing words for DIFFUSION using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Diffusion

diffusion

6 Letter Words for Diffusion

founds, fundis, fusion, fusoid, iodins, sidion, unioid

5 Letter Words for Diffusion

diffs, dinos, dinus, doffs, donis, duffs, dusio, fidos, finds, finis, finos, foids, foins, fonds, fouds, found, fundi, funds, funis, idion, indus, infos, iodin, nidus, niffs, nodus, nuffs, oisin, ounds, sniff, snuff, sound, udons, unsod

4 Letter Words for Diffusion

diff, difs, dino, dins, doff, doni, dons, duff, duns, duos, fido, fids, fifo, find, fini, fino, fins, foid, foin, fond, fons, foud, foun, fous, fuds, fund, funs, idun, info, ions, isdn, iuds, nidi, nids, niff, nisi, nodi, nods, nous, nuff, odin, offs, onus, ouds, sidi, sind, sion, snod, sond, soud, suff, sufi, suid, suni, udon, udos, ufos, undo, unio, unis

3 Letter Words for Diffusion

dif, din, dis, don, dos, dso, dui, dun, duo, fid, fin, fod, fon, fou, fud, fun, ido, ids, iff, ifs, ind, inf, ins, iof, ion, ios, iou, isn, iso, iud, nid, nis, nod, nos, nus, ods, off, oii, ois, oni, ons, osi, oud, ouf, oui, ous, sif, sin, sod, son, sou, sud, suf, sui, sun, udo, uds, ufo, ufs, uni, uns

Definitions for Diffusion

[1] act of diffusing; state of being diffused.
[2] prolixity of speech or writing; discursiveness.
[3] Physics . Also called migration. an intermingling of molecules, ions, etc., resulting from random thermal agitation, as in the dispersion of a vapor in air. a reflection or refraction of light or other electromagnetic radiation from an irregular surface or an erratic dispersion through a surface; scattering.
[4] Movies . a soft-focus effect resulting from placing a gelatin or silk plate in front of a studio light or a camera lens, or through the use of diffusion filters.
[5] Meteorology . the spreading of atmospheric constituents or properties by turbulent motion as well as molecular motion of the air.
[6] Anthropology , Sociology . Also called cultural diffusion . the transmission of elements or features of one culture to another.
[7] the act or process of diffusing or being diffused; dispersion
[8] verbosity
[9] physics the random thermal motion of atoms, molecules, clusters of atoms, etc, in gases, liquids, and some solids the transfer of atoms or molecules by their random motion from one part of a medium to another
[10] physics the transmission or reflection of electromagnetic radiation, esp light, in which the radiation is scattered in many directions and not directly reflected or refracted; scattering
[11] Also called: diffusivity physics the degree to which the directions of propagation of reverberant sound waves differ from point to point in an enclosure
[12] anthropol the transmission of social institutions, skills, and myths from one culture to another

Words related to Diffusion

dissipation, dispersion, dispersal, dissemination, propagation, scattering, circulation, expansion, propaganda

Words nearby Diffusion

diffused junction, diffuser, diffusible, diffusible stimulant, diffusing capacity, diffusion, diffusion anoxia, diffusion coefficient, diffusion hypoxia, diffusion line, diffusion respiration

Origin of Diffusion

1325–75; Middle English < Latin diffūsiōn- (stem of diffūsiō ) a spreading out, equivalent to diffūs(us ) (see diffuse) + -iōn- -ion

Words that may be confused with Diffusion

diffraction, diffusion, reflection, rarefaction, refraction

Other words from Diffusion

in·ter·dif·fu·sion , noun
non·dif·fu·sion , noun
o·ver·dif·fu·sion , noun
re·dif·fu·sion , noun
self-dif·fu·sion , noun

Synonyms for Diffusion

dispersal, dispersion, dissemination, dissipation, circulation, expansion, propaganda, propagation, scattering