Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The tendency of a fluid to penetrate a contiguous fluid by the wandering of its molecules.
- noun Capability of spreading widely: as, the diffusibility of scarlet fever.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being diffusible; capability of being poured or spread out.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun physics, of a gas or other fluid A
measure of thespeed ofdiffusion . - noun figuratively, e.g. of a disease Capacity for
spreading .
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Examples
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The light which the lamp gave out, though it possessed intensity, was deficient in diffusibility as compared with that given out from ordinary flat flame gas burners, and this was another objection to it.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 Various
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His opinion as to the diffusibility of the light emitted from the burner differed from that of Mr. Nelson, as he considered the light possessed that quality in a high degree.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 Various
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Nitrate of soda also seems to increase the diffusibility of potash salts.
Manures and the principles of manuring Charles Morton Aikman
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A special benefit which the diffusibility of nitrate of soda has been held to confer on the plant, is to encourage the growth of deep roots, by inducing the growing plant to send down its roots into the lower layers of the soil after the nitrate of soda.
Manures and the principles of manuring Charles Morton Aikman
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The plastic principle contained in the aqueous is rarely sufficient to cause adhesion between the margin of the iris and the lens capsule, but the colloid nature of the aqueous, according to Troncoso, lessens its diffusibility and prevents its free passage into the lymph channels.
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"From what is now known of the diffusibility of fluids through animal membranes, it is impossible to conceive bile long in contact with the lining membrane of the gall-bladder, bile-ducts, and intestine, without
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