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diffusive

[dih-fyoo-siv] / dɪˈfju sɪv /






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By extending the breakdown of Raman selection rules beyond traditional superionic systems, the study provides a broader framework for interpreting diffusive Raman scattering across many classes of materials.

From Science Daily Mar. 7, 2026

While silicon systems rely on electrons to perform computations, Yang's diffusive memristors use the motion of atoms instead, creating a process that more closely resembles how biological neurons transmit information.

From Science Daily Nov. 5, 2025

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

The humorous irony of Pascal, in the “Provincial Letters,” plays like the diffusive sheen of an aurora borealis over the whole surface of the composition.

From French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson




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