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Diffusing

To spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.

📖 Definitions of "Diffusing"

verb

1
To spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
2
To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
"Food coloring diffuses in water."

adjective

1
(of a category) broken down so that its elements are placed in its most specific subset available

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
spreadingnoun	The act by which something is spread.
diffusive	That is spread or dispersed across a wide area or among a large number of people.
disseminative	Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated (scattered, or widespread), spreadable.
scatteringnoun	A small quantity of something being dispersed (at random points).
disseminating	spreading by diffusion
dispersive	That causes dispersion

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
distributivenoun	Relating to distribution.
disseminative	Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated (scattered, or widespread), spreadable.
diffusive	That is spread or dispersed across a wide area or among a large number of people.
spreadingnoun	The act by which something is spread.
dispersive	That causes dispersion
scatteringnoun	A small quantity of something being dispersed (at random points).
disseminating	spreading by diffusion
broadcastingnoun	(business) The business or profession of radio and television.
mailingnoun	An act of sending mail.
de-escalatingverb	(ambitransitive) To decrease in intensity or magnitude.
defusingnoun	the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)
dilutingverb	(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
dispellingverb	(transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
distributingverb	(transitive) To divide into portions and dispense.
publicizingnoun	the business of drawing public attention to goods and services
subsetted	(mathematics, computing) Produced or manipulated by subsetting
decategorified	(mathematics) Not represented in terms of category theory
wellpowered	(mathematics, of a category) in which each object has only a set of pairwise nonisomorphic subobjects
discretized	Subjected to discretization
dismantlablenoun	Capable of being dismantled, or taken apart.