Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Widely; extensively.
- Copiously; amply; fully; prolixly.
- In entomology, thinly and irregularly: as, a surface diffusely punctured.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a diffuse manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
diffuse manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a diffuse manner
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Examples
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While pursuing these projects, my interest for the processes occurring in the nervous system (stemming diffusely from the first year courses in biology as well as from my earlier inclination towards philosophy), led me to wonder how a chemist might contribute to their study.
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The report focuses primarily on the more diffusely affiliated tea party networks online and in county-level chapters throughout the country.
NAACP backs report that ties racist groups to tea party Krissah Thompson 2010
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While 80 percent of women with coronary artery disease do have plaque buildup in their major arteries, this buildup often isn't visible on many standard tests because it's spread diffusely in the vessel walls.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Gender Differences in Heart Disease: Nation's No. 1 Killer Kills Differently M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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While 80 percent of women with coronary artery disease do have plaque buildup in their major arteries, this buildup often isn't visible on many standard tests because it's spread diffusely in the vessel walls.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Gender Differences in Heart Disease: Nation's No. 1 Killer Kills Differently M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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Indeed, non-governmental organizations, partnerships, and other diffusely held organizations have found that having too many stakeholders on a board can lead to gridlock.
Why Boards Are Still So Out Of Touch Paul Strebel 2011
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While 80 percent of women with coronary artery disease do have plaque buildup in their major arteries, this buildup often isn't visible on many standard tests because it's spread diffusely in the vessel walls.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Gender Differences in Heart Disease: Nation's No. 1 Killer Kills Differently M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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The report focuses primarily on the more diffusely affiliated tea party networks online and in county-level chapters throughout the country.
NAACP backs report that ties racist groups to tea party Krissah Thompson 2010
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In the end, the wave from turned out to be the optimal design for reflecting the light diffusely into the room.
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These symbolic representations are diffusely internalized and pervade our experiences of self and other.
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If a drug could halt the progression of diffusely metastatic and aggressive stage IV cancers, might it work even better on more localized, stage II breast cancers, cancers that had spread only to the regional lymph nodes?
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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