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# diffusion

noun (diffusion, no plural)

«diffusion» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Diffusion is the spreading of something far and wide, such as ideas, customs or stories, from one place to many others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diffusion/#m1)
2. In science, diffusion is the slow spreading of a gas or liquid into the space around it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diffusion/#m2)

### In the lessons

in lessons on stories, diffusion names how a folk-tale travels from land to land; in science it names how a smell or ink spreads through air or water

### Examples

- The diffusion of the tale took many years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diffusion/#x1)
- Perfume spreads by diffusion through the air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diffusion/#x2)
- The folk-tale spread by diffusion from India to Spain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diffusion/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «diffusion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diffusion/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«diffusion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/diffusion.html) on Mova free.