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diffuseness

diffuseness

8.9
A state of being spread out over a wide area, like a crowd or gas
  • noun
  • /dɪˈfjuːsnəs/
translation icon : difusividad
  • The diffuseness of the smoke made it difficult to see across the field.

Examples

  • The diffuseness of information online can sometimes lead to confusion about the true facts.

  • This diffuseness can be attributed to the following factors:

    Academic text (1995)

  • The bottom line: "density" or "diffuseness" is an unrealistic argument against renewables.

    Blog text (32)

  • The man, Bradley, had a certain hangdog diffuseness characteristic of the recently divorced.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The frame of The Promenade blurs into the grainy diffuseness of my peripheral vision, and I realize that I am not seeing as much as thinking, hearing, and recollecting.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Due to the diffuseness of the crowd, it was hard to find my friends at the festival.

Synonyms

diffusiveness
vsdiffuseness
9.1

Spread out over a large area so parts are far apart

is the same idea but in a different word form
dispersity
vsdiffuseness
7.5

The amount that things are spread out across an area or among people

is a general state term focusing on being spread rather than measuring extent

Antonyms

concentration
115 3.5

A large number of people or things gathered in one place

How Diffuse

diffuseness
8.9
dispersion
5 6.5
concentration
115 3.5

Surface Forms

diffuseness singular
diffusenesses plural

Morphology

diffuseness = diffuse (transparent) = diffuse + ness

Standard noun formation from the adjective 'diffuse' with meaning directly derived as 'the state or quality of being diffuse'.

Etymology

The word diffuseness comes from the parts dif- meaning 'apart' and -fuse meaning 'to pour or spread', so picture pouring water and watching it thinly spread over a large area; that's why diffuseness means the quality of being spread out rather than concentrated.