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diffusive

[dih-fyoo-siv] / dɪˈfju sɪv /






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The second type is known as diffusive transport, which occurs when motion is dominated by random collisions.

From Science Daily Jan. 7, 2026

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.

From Science Daily Nov. 5, 2025

It was more of a diffusive process where the leadership faltered.

From Slate Mar. 6, 2021

Aciman, a famous Proustian, is clearly interested in the diffusive action of time and the heartaches of temps perdu.

From Washington Post Oct. 29, 2019

The French writer is inevitably epigrammatic first, and, if diffusive afterward, it is with malice aforethought.

From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various




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