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Diffusion may refer to:
In the physical sciences:
- Diffusion (commonly without additional attributes) - spontaneous dispersion of mass (distinct from migration, caused by an external force)
- Diffusion of heat
- Diffusion of momentum
- Diffusion equation - a mathematical formalism describing the spreading of a conserved property caused by its own density gradient
- Eddy diffusion
In physical sciences, more specific or modified meanings:
- Acoustic diffusion of sound waves
- Atomic diffusion
- Brownian motion, for example of a single particle in a solvent
- Collective diffusion, the diffusion of a large number of (possibly interacting) particles
- Facilitated diffusion
- Effusion of a gas through small holes
- Electron diffusion, producing electric current
- Gaseous diffusion
- Itō diffusion
- Knudsen diffusion of particles from very small containers
- Light diffusion, scattered light waves.
- Osmosis
- Photon diffusion, an optical effect
- Diffuse reflection, the reflection of light from an uneven or granular surface
- Reverse diffusion
- Rotational diffusion
- Self-diffusion
- Surface diffusion
- Diffusion of innovations within a culture
- Lexical diffusion within a culture
- Trans-cultural diffusion of culture items between cultures
In music:
- Diffusion (7for4 album), an album by 7for4.
In other areas:
- The Diffusion Science Radio Show is a science radio show on 2SER in Sydney and podcast
- Diffusion (computer graphics), the reflective intensity of a simulated surface's color
- Diffusion (business), the process by which a new idea or new product is accepted by the market
- Diffusion (cryptography), the spreading of influence of bits in a cipher
- Diffusion process, in probability theory the solution to a stochastic differential equation
- Diffusion of responsibility
- Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
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