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adjectivetending to diffuse; characterized by diffusion. Origin of diffusiveFirst recorded in 1605–15; diffuse + -ive OTHER WORDS FROM diffusivedif·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 Words nearby diffusivediffusion coefficient, diffusion hypoxia, diffusionism, diffusion line, diffusion respiration, diffusive, diffusivity, diffusor, diflorasone diacetate, Diflucan, difluence Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for diffusiveCommon 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)
British Dictionary definitions for diffusive
adjectivecharacterized by diffusion Derived forms of diffusivediffusively, adverbdiffusiveness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to diffusivelate, lengthy, slow, protracted, prolonged, delayed, sustained, dragging, diffuse, lingering, moving, rotating, circling, rambling, meandering, loose, long, lavish, dull, waffling |