diffusible, a.
(dɪˈfjuːzɪb(ə)l)
Also -able.
[f. L. diffūs- ppl. stem of diffundĕre to pour out, diffuse + -ible: so in mod.F.]
Capable of being diffused; spec. in Physics, having the capacity, as a fluid, of spreading itself between the molecules of a contiguous fluid.
| 1782 Clark in Med. Commun. I. 64 note, The infection..being of an exceedingly diffusable nature. 1794 J. Hutton Philos. Light, etc. 151 The moveable or diffusible heat in bodies, by which we are made to feel. 1811 Pinkerton Petral. II. 425 It is not diffusible in cold water. 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 65 The volatile oil of Cajeputi is..a highly diffusable stimulant. 1849 Graham in Phil. Trans. (1850) 1 A diffusibility like that of gases, if it exists in liquids, should afford means for the separation and decomposition even of unequally diffusible substances. 1864 H. Spencer Biol. I. 19 Hydrochloric acid is seven times as diffusible as sulphate of magnesia. |
Hence diˈffusibleness = diffusibility.
| 1847 Craig, Diffusibleness, diffusibility. |