diffusion

Other forms of diffusion

plural

diffusions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about diffusion

What does diffusion mean?

diffusion means "(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". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in diffusion?

diffusion has 3 syllables: dif-fu-sion. The stress falls on "fu". In IPA it is /dɪˈfjuʒən/.

What is another word for diffusion?

Close synonyms include dissemination, dispersion, dispersal, dissemination. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is diffusion a common word?

diffusion is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with diffusion?

6 words rhyme with diffusion. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.