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diffuse

verb
/dɪˈfjuːz/UK/dɪˈfjuz/US/dɪˈfjuːs/UK/dɪˈfjus/US/ˈdɪfjuːs/

Etymology

From Middle French diffuser, from Latin diffūsus, past participle of diffundere, from dis- + fundere.

  1. derived from diffūsus
  2. derived from diffuser

Definitions

  1. To spread (something) over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by…

    To spread (something) over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.

    • The small window diffuses light throughout the room.
    • Ideas are easily diffused with the help of technology.
    • We do not know by whom the insufficiency of the year of 365 days was first discovered; we find this knowledge diffused among all civilized nations, and various artifices used in making the correction.

  2. To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid…

    To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.

    • Food coloring diffuses in water.
    • The riot diffused quite suddenly.

  3. Everywhere or throughout everything

    Everywhere or throughout everything; not focused or concentrated.

    • Such a diffuse effort is unlikely to produce good results.
    • diffuse activity of the prefrontal cortex
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Wordy

      Wordy; verbose.

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Derived

diffusability, diffusable, diffusate, diffuseness, diffuser, diffusible, diffuson, hydrodiffuse, interdiffuse, nondiffuse, outdiffuse, overdiffuse, rediffuse, ultradiffuse, undiffuse, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, diffusely, diffuse parenchymal lung disease, ultra-diffuse

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at diffuse. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at diffuse. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at diffuse

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA