Diffusive and Diffusion

adjective

• Spreading by diffusion.
  • synonyms: diffusing, dispersive, disseminative

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

• (n.) 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.
• (n.) The act of diffusing or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion.

noun

• Physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration. (
• The spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another.
• The property of being diffused or dispersed.
  • synonyms: dissemination
• The act of dispersing or diffusing something.
  • usage: "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge"
  • synonyms: dispersion, dispersal, dissemination