Dispersion vs. Diffusion
Dispersionnoun
The state of being dispersed; dispersedness.
Dispersionnoun
A process of dispersing.
Dispersionnoun
The degree of scatter of data.
Dispersionnoun
(optics) The separation of visible light by refraction or diffraction.
Dispersionnoun
(medicine) The removal of inflammation.
Dispersionnoun
The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel.
Dispersionnoun
The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities.
Dispersionnoun
spreading widely or driving off
Dispersionnoun
the spatial property of being scattered about over an area or volume
Dispersionnoun
the act of dispersing or diffusing something;
Dispersionnoun
the action or process of distributing things or people over a wide area
Dispersionnoun
the state of being dispersed
Dispersionnoun
the pattern of distribution of individuals within a habitat.
Dispersionnoun
another term for diaspora
Dispersionnoun
a mixture of one substance dispersed in another medium
Dispersionnoun
the separation of white light into colours or of any radiation according to wavelength.
Dispersionnoun
the extent to which values of a variable differ from a fixed value such as the mean.
Diffusionnoun
The act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion.
Diffusionnoun
(physics) The scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium.
Diffusionnoun
(physics) The intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation.
Diffusionnoun
The spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities.
Diffusionnoun
Exchange of airborne media between regions in space in an apparently random motion of a small scale.
Diffusionnoun
The movement of water vapor from regions of high concentration (high water vapor pressure) toward regions of lower concentration.
Diffusionnoun
The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion.
Diffusionnoun
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.
Diffusionnoun
(physics) the process of diffusing; the intermingling of molecules in gases and liquids as a result of random thermal agitation
Diffusionnoun
the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another
Diffusionnoun
the property of being diffused or dispersed
Diffusionnoun
the act of dispersing or diffusing something;
Diffusion
Diffusion is the net movement of anything (for example, atoms, ions, molecules, energy) from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration. Diffusion is driven by a gradient in concentration.
