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diffusive

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for diffusive.

Editorial note

So the best way to capture the value of the road is via a similarly diffusive system, i.e.

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Quick take

That is spread or dispersed across a wide area or among a large number of people.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of diffusive gathered in one view.

adjective

That is spread or dispersed across a wide area or among a large number of people.

adjective

That diffuses something; disseminating.

adjective

Involving or employing many words; expansive, discursive; (in negative sense) long-winded.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for diffusive.

Example sentences

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So the best way to capture the value of the road is via a similarly diffusive system, i.e.

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The stability is more likely due to the diffusive nature of the models and well executed trainings.

3

Actual SSS happens when the medium is somewhat transparent (light can enter the material) but also diffusive (light gets randomly bounced around within the material).

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My suggestion is that the more diffusive, small particles are less likely to be trapped by a lid.

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They're diffusive and reductive interfaces that disempower the user, they're everywhere now and it's why everything sucks.

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Bacteria are a bit larger and probably less diffusive than viruses, raising questions about the generalizability.

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At some point the vortices become so small that the kinetic energy is turned into diffusive behavior at the particle level instead.

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The 3d version seems to use trilinear interpolation, which is pretty diffusive.

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The main concern is taking a single probabilistic stream (eg a book) and comparing autoregressive modelling of it with a diffusive modelling of it.

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In both cases (auto-regressive vs diffusive), you still have some process that's being followed, and the exact steps in the process are important to the result.

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Military still more effective diffusive optimizer in AG’s time?

12

A sort of thermodynamics leads to a diffusive flow outwards from the central mass, from the low entropy near there to the high entropy at increasing radial distance.

Quote examples

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We're dismissive of "security through obscurity", but cost functions and diffusive compartmentalization are structural components of many systems.

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Aren't they essentially taking a ton of infrastructure and a weird "diffusive" sort of income already?

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And I get why people are feeling a connection to the "diffusive" style.

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Also, action potentials are most "useful" for propagating a signal rapidly over a long distance - It kind of accelerates and error-corrects (= reverses diffusive broadening) voltage signals down a linear path.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use diffusive in a sentence?

So the best way to capture the value of the road is via a similarly diffusive system, i.e.

What does diffusive mean?

That is spread or dispersed across a wide area or among a large number of people.

What part of speech is diffusive?

diffusive is commonly used as adjective.