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Streuung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • diffusion noun The movement of particles from a region where they are more concentrated to one where they are less concentrated, until they are evenly spread out.
  • distribution noun The act of spreading or handing something out.
  • scattering noun A small, irregularly spread amount of something.
  • sprinkling noun A small, thinly scattered amount of something.

Senses

Streuung is used for these senses in English:

  • distribution An act of distributing or state of being distributed.
  • distribution Anything distributed; portion; share.
  • scattering A small quantity of something being dispersed (at random points).
  • scattering (physics) The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.
  • sprinkling A scattering.

diffusion — full definition

  1. noun The movement of particles from a region where they are more concentrated to one where they are less concentrated, until they are evenly spread out.
  2. noun The gradual spread of an idea, technology, custom or practice through a population or from one culture to another.
  3. noun The scattering of light or sound in many directions, producing a soft, even effect without harsh shadows or echoes.

distribution — full definition

  1. noun The act of spreading or handing something out.
  2. noun The process of getting goods from a maker to the people who buy them.
  3. noun In statistics, the pattern showing how spread out or common different values are.

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