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SUFFUSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of permeating or infusing something with a substance
Synonyms:
permeation; pervasion; suffusion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("suffusion" is a kind of...):
diffusion ((physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suffusion"):
ammonification (impregnation with ammonia or a compound of ammonia)
carbonation (saturation with carbon dioxide (as soda water))
impregnation; saturation (the process of totally saturating something with a substance)
Derivation:
suffuse (cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across)
suffuse (to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light)
