diffusive
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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
While silicon systems rely on electrons to perform computations, Yang's diffusive memristors use the motion of atoms instead, creating a process that more closely resembles how biological neurons transmit information.
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 effect upon public sentiment and opinion in Italy, where emotions are tensely strung, and sympathy with suffering is more flexible and diffusive than it is even among the other Latin races, was instantaneous.
From England and Germany by Hughes, William Morris
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
