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diffusion

noun as in spread; wide distribution

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A team from Cambridge's MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit analyzed MRI diffusion scans from 3,802 individuals ranging from newborns to 90 years old.

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In photochemistry, light energizes the catalyst, and the excited catalyst must encounter another molecule through diffusion in order to pass along an electron.

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Of course, supporting the diffusion of innovative technologies, such as AI, to make the broad swath of firms more efficient matters, too.

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Softening the digital image was a diffusion filter mounted behind the lens, an effect the cinematographer suggests “breaks up the highlights and skin tones in a very beautiful way.”

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The new device that can enable a brain-like chip is called the "diffusive memristor" because of the ion motion and the dynamic diffusion that occurs with the use of silver.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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