diffusivenessn.
/dᵻˈfjuːsᵻvnᵻs/, U.S. /dᵻˈfjusɪvnᵻs/ The quality or condition of being diffusive (in various senses).
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the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [noun] > condition of being > widely, of something immaterial
latitude1612
diffusednessa1626
diffusivenessa1631
spread1644
extensiveness1656
worldwideness1890
globality1931
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > prolixity
prolixityc1395
tediouste?a1412
diffusiona1413
diffuseness1474
tediousness?a1475
largeness1547
longness1587
prolixness?1590
length1597
longanimity1607
tediositya1625
wire-drawing1640
longinquity1641
long-windedness1648
diffusivenessa1719
sprawling1822
longsomeness1834
ramblingness1835
lengthsomeness1849
bagginess1860
lengthiness1863
governmentese1907
the world > matter > physics > mechanics > fluid mechanics > [noun] > diffusion > ability
diffusibility1746
diffusiveness1833
diffusivity1853
the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [noun] > quality or tendency
distributiveness1661
spreadingness1671
diffusibility1883
diffusiveness1884
a1631 J. Donne LXXX Serm. (1640) lxxii. 726 The extent and diffusivenesse of this sinne.
1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God 20 Those..Excellencies, which the diffusivenesse of his goodnesse, makes him pleased to communicate.
a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. iii. 532 The first fault..that I shall find with a modern legend, is its Diffusiveness.
1778 R. Markham Serm. preached at St. Clement Dane's 12 In this view of the Diffusiveness..of this Institution, it may justly be said to extend from Time to endless Ages.
1833 T. Graham in London & Edinb. Philos. Mag. 2 356 A certain proportion of each of the mixed gases..corresponding to its individual diffusiveness.
1848 H. Hallam Suppl. Notes View Europe Middle Ages 366 An Essay..written with remarkable perspicuity and freedom from diffusiveness.
1884 W. H. Rideing in Harper's Mag. June 68/1 The natural buoyancy and diffusiveness of smoke.
1906 Catholic World Apr. 115 Extreme condensation is the predominant feature, and..all ornamental diffusiveness and unnecessary digression are severely shunned.
1974 T. Cebeci & A. M. O. Smith Anal. Turbulent Boundary Layers i. 34 The greater diffusiveness manifests itself in the greater transport of momentum, heat, or matter to or away from a surface.
2006 M. Davis G. Eliot & 19th-cent. Psychol. iii. 117 The diffusiveness of Dorothea's influence exists at once on social, physiological and emotional levels.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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