Synonyms:
diffusion
Meaning: (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
Synonyms:
diffusion
Meaning: the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another
Synonyms:
dissemination, diffusion
Meaning: the property of being diffused or dispersed
Usage examples
For if light were a body, its diffusion would be the local movement of a body.
Hence it appears that the diffusion of light is not the local movement of a body.
Such a cheapening and diffusion of power would put a new face on many of the problems of industry.
Now no local movement of a body can be instantaneous, as everything that moves from one place to another must pass through the intervening space before reaching the end: whereas the diffusion of light is instantaneous.
We have only further to suppose a considerable diffusion of Socialist opinions, and it may become infamous in the eyes of the majority to possess more property than some very small amount, or any income not earned by manual labour.