diffusive

[dih-fyoo-siv]

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adjective

tending to diffuse; characterized by diffusion.

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Origin of diffusive

First recorded in 1605–15; diffuse + -ive

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dif·fu·sive·ly, adverbdif·fu·sive·ness, nounin·ter·dif·fu·sive, adjectivein·ter·dif·fu·sive·ness, noun

self-dif·fu·sive, adjectiveself-dif·fu·sive·ly, adverbself-dif·fu·sive·ness, nounun·dif·fu·sive, adjectiveun·dif·fu·sive·ly, adverbun·dif·fu·sive·ness, noun

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Common salt (chloride of sodium) is, in fact, the most diffusive of solids.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century|Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
Can we be in the presence of the diffusive life of the plant, a life which persists in a fragment?
The Life of the Fly|J. Henri Fabre
Puritanism was radical in its views and sentiments, yet lacking that diffusive propagandist power inhering in conventional bodies.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865|Various
It is decidedly the contrary in the book of Montesquieu; the spirit is diffusive, and the letter teaches nothing.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 7 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

No social class or caste can resist the diffusive power of moral influence.
Bushido, the Soul of Japan|Inazo Nitob

British Dictionary definitions for diffusive

diffusive

adjective

characterized by diffusion

Derived Formsdiffusively, adverbdiffusiveness, noun

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diffusive

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diffusive

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