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
- 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.
- noun The gradual spread of an idea, technology, custom or practice through a population or from one culture to another.
- noun The scattering of light or sound in many directions, producing a soft, even effect without harsh shadows or echoes.
distribution — full definition
- noun The act of spreading or handing something out.
- noun The process of getting goods from a maker to the people who buy them.
- noun In statistics, the pattern showing how spread out or common different values are.