Main entry: diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination
Definition: the act of dispersing or diffusing something
Usage: the dispersion of the troops; the diffusion of knowledge
Main entry: diffusion, dissemination
Definition: the property of being diffused or dispersed
Main entry: diffusion
Definition: the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another
Main entry: diffusion
Definition: (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