diffusion
noun
the act of diffusing or state of being diffused.
self-diffusion
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a word derived from
diffusion.
Example Sentences
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The Germans, on the contrary, began with self-diffusion, deluging the world, and breaking down in their course the hollow political fabrics of the civilised nations.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
It is in virtue of the parental and maternal instincts of self-sacrifice, self-diffusion, self-forgetfulness in the interests of the offspring, that species are preserved and prevail.
From The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) by George Tyrrell
I regret that I belong to that feeble and limited variety of creation, but with the next self-diffusion of the concentrated Infinite I may be the Sun himself!
From Semiramis and Other Plays Semiramis, Carlotta And The Poet by Olive Tilford Dargan
