diffusion — Английский словарь

Существительное

1. The act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion.

   Употребление

   • исчисляемое
   • неисчисляемое

2. The scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium.

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3. The intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation.

   Употребление

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   Примеры

   gaseous diffusion

4. The spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities.

   Употребление

   • исчисляемое
   • неисчисляемое

   Примеры

   Even the false-necked vase, though it reaches its widest diffusion at this epoch, is, as we have seen, a type found existing in much earlier strata.

5. The gradual spread and adoption of goods or services.

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   Примеры

   Другие примеры (1)

   The chief salesman of the A.I. boom, Sam Altman of OpenAI, said there was more resistance to “the diffusion, the absorption” of A.I. into the culture and economy than he expected.

6. Exchange of airborne media between regions in space in an apparently random motion of a small scale.

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   • исчисляемое
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7. The movement of water vapor from regions of high concentration (high water vapor pressure) toward regions of lower concentration.

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Существительное

1. (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

   Более общие понятия

   natural processnatural actionactionactivity

2. the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another

   Более общие понятия

   spreadspreading

3. the property of being diffused or dispersed

   Синонимы

   dissemination

   Более общие понятия

   distributiondispersion

4. the act of dispersing or diffusing something

   Синонимы

   dispersiondispersaldissemination

   Более общие понятия

   spreadspreading

   Примеры

   the dispersion of the troops

   the diffusion of knowledge