diffuser — meaning in English

English meaning

• broadcast verb To transmit a program or message by radio, television, or similar means to a wide audience.
• diffuse verb To spread something out through a substance or space, or to spread out that way.
• preview noun A look at something before it is officially released or completed.
• spread verb To open something out so it covers a wider area.
• stream noun A small natural flow of water, smaller than a river.

Senses

diffuser is used for these senses in English:

• broadcast (transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.
• diffuse (transitive) To spread (something) over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
• diffuse (intransitive) To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
• preview (computing, transitive) To show something in advance, a facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.
• spread (transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present. [from 14th c.]
• stream (Internet) To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.

broadcast — full definition

1. verb To transmit a program or message by radio, television, or similar means to a wide audience.
2. noun A radio or television program transmitted to the public.

diffuse — full definition

1. verb To spread something out through a substance or space, or to spread out that way.
2. adjective Spread out over a wide area rather than concentrated in one place.
3. adjective Wordy and rambling rather than concise.

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