Diffusion (disambiguation)

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Diffusion (from Latin diffundere, "pour out, spread") stands for:

  • Diffusion , physical process that leads to a mixture of substances
  • Diffusion (image processing) , smoothing an image, and simulating scattered light
  • Diffusion (cryptology) , Claude Shannon's principle for operating secure encryption systems
  • Diffusion (political science) , dissemination of political phenomena through contact between societies
  • Heat flow in a solid or a liquid at rest as a result of a temperature difference, see heat diffusion
  • diffuse light , in visual optics an impression of light in which the source of the light radiation cannot be identified
  • diffuse reflection , in wave theory a dispersion on surfaces according to the law of reflection
  • Adoption of foreign cultural elements as a form of cultural change
  • Introduction and dissemination of innovations in a social system, see diffusion theory
  • Dissemination of cultural phenomena within the framework of a theory of cultural propagation, see diffusionism


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