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diffusive

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dif·fu·sive  (d-fysv, -zv)
adj.
Characterized by diffusion.
dif·fusive·ly adv.
dif·fusive·ness n.
diffusive [dɪˈfjuːsɪv]
adj
(Physics / General Physics) (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) characterized by diffusion
diffusively  adv
diffusiveness  n
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Adj.1.diffusive - spreading by diffusion
diffusing, dispersive, disseminative
distributive - serving to distribute or allot or disperse


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The superiority of influence in favor of the particular governments would result partly from the diffusive construction of the national government, but chiefly from the nature of the objects to which the attention of the State administrations would be directed.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
In the next place, as each representative will be chosen by a greater number of citizens in the large than in the small republic, it will be more difficult for unworthy candidates to practice with success the vicious arts by which elections are too often carried; and the suffrages of the people being more free, will be more likely to centre in men who possess the most attractive merit and the most diffusive and established characters.
Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James View in context
So deeply inherent is it in this life of ours that men have to suffer for each other's sins, so inevitably diffusive is human suffering, that even justice makes its victims, and we can conceive no retribution that does not spread beyond its mark in pulsations of unmerited pain.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
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