DIFFUSION

• (noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something

  "the dispersion of the troops", "the diffusion of knowledge"

  synonyms : dispersal , dispersion , dissemination

• (noun) the property of being diffused or dispersed

  synonyms : dissemination

• (noun) the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another

• (noun) (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

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