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Diffusive

//dɪˈfjuːsɪv// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    That is spread or dispersed across a wide area or among a large number of people.
  2. 2
    Involving or employing many words; expansive, discursive; (in negative sense) long-winded.

    "I can never forget the delight with which that diffusive and ingenious orator was heard by all sides of the House, and even by those whose existence he proscribed."

  3. 3
    That diffuses something; disseminating.
  4. 4
    Pertaining to diffusion.
Adjective
  1. 1
    spreading by diffusion wordnet

Etymology

From post-classical Latin diffusivus (“tending to spread; expansive”) (13th century), from participle stem of Latin diffundere (“diffuse, disperse”).

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