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defuse (dee FYOOZ) (verb)
1. To remove the fuse from an explosive device: The special police had to defuse the bomb before they could enter the building.
2. To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile: The President made a diplomatic move that could defuse the crisis.
diffuse (di FYOOS; dee FYOOZ) (adjective)
Widely spread or scattered; not concentrated: The forest was filled with a soft, diffuse light.
diffuse (di FYOOS; dee FYOOZ) (verb)
To spread out and to move freely throughout a large area: The heat from the radiator seemed to diffuse throughout the room.

Before the basement could be safe again, a fan was used to help diffuse the fumes from the chemicals used for a bomb which the police had to defuse.

diffuse (verb), diffuses; diffused; diffusing
1. To scatter something over an area, or to become scattered over an area.
2. To make something, especially light, less bright or intense, or become less bright or intense.
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diffuse (adjective), more diffuse, most diffuse
1. A reference to something that is spread out over a large area and which is not concentrated or focused in one space: The diffuse university has been emphasizing a liberal arts education and not just being focused on technology.
2. Pertaining to a lack of conciseness, clarity, or understanding: The man presented a diffuse argument as to how he lost control of his car and ran off the road while he was driving home.
3. Etymology: from Latin diffusum, "poured forth"; from dis-, "away" + fundere, "to pour".
Not concentrated, but having long-winded verbose.
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Spread out or dispersed and using more words than necessary.
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Word Entries containing the term: “diffuse
diffuse radiation (s) (noun), diffuse insolation, diffuse irradiance, diffuse illuminance, diffuse sunlight
All of these terms are descriptions of solar radiation that is received indirectly on the surface of the earth, rather than directly from solar rays: "Diffuse radiation, etc. are all caused by the scattering that is a result of clouds, fog, haze, dust, or other barriers in the atmosphere."
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diffuse reflectance, diffuse transmittance (s) (noun); diffuse reflectances, diffuse transmittances (pl)
1. The reflection of electromagnetic radiation from a surface in all directions evenly.
2. The ratio of the diffusely reflected part of the whole reflected flux, to the incident flux.

Flux is the rate of flow of something: such as, energy, particles, or fluid volume across or onto a given area.

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diffuse reflection (s) (noun), diffuse reflections (pl)
A reflection process in which the reflected radiation is sent out in many directions, usually bearing no simple relationship to the angle of incidence; characteristic of rough surfaces.
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Referring to something that lacks conciseness or clarity; using more words than necessary or an excess of words which are not needed. (2)
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diffuse insolation
Sunlight received indirectly as a result of scattering due to clouds, fog, haze, dust, or other obstructions in the atmosphere. Opposite of direct insolation.
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diffuse radiation
Radiation received from the sun after reflection and scattering by the atmosphere and ground.
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