diffusive
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"In this state, quantum coherence and many-body entanglement prevent the system from thermalizing and from showing diffusive behavior, even under sustained external driving," explains Hanns Christoph Nägerl.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2026
The second type is known as diffusive transport, which occurs when motion is dominated by random collisions.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026
It was more of a diffusive process where the leadership faltered.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2021
Aciman, a famous Proustian, is clearly interested in the diffusive action of time and the heartaches of temps perdu.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2019
From this time science ceases almost to have any secrets; and, all the influences to which it is exposed acting in the same direction, the tendency of knowledge becomes wholly diffusive.
From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Keightley, Thomas
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"The Federalist No. 10," Vocabulary from the argument
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