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DIFFUSENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does diffuseness mean?
• DIFFUSENESS (noun)
The noun DIFFUSENESS has 1 sense:
1. the spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume
Familiarity information: DIFFUSENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("diffuseness" is a kind of...):
scatter; spread (a haphazard distribution in all directions)
Derivation:
diffuse (spread out; not concentrated in one place)
Context examples
He addressed himself to Miss Bennet, with a polite congratulation; Mr. Hurst also made her a slight bow, and said he was “very glad;” but diffuseness and warmth remained for Bingley's salutation.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
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