diffusion volume (difuzhonvolum)

The volume of a fluid which diffuses into a second in the same time that a given volume of the second diffuses into the first. 1612 I seem in star and flower To feel thee some diffusive power. Tennyson, In Memoriam, exxx. diffusively (di-fū'siv-li), adv. Widely; exten sively; in every direction. diffusivene (di-fü'siv-nes), n. 1. The state or character of being diffusive: as, the diffusive ne of odors.-2. The quality or state of being diffuse, as an author or his style; verbosene ; copiousne of words or expre ion. Of a beautiful and magnificent diffusivene Cicero is, beyond doubt, the most illustrious example. Blair , Rhetoric, xviii.