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    SUFFUSION

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The process of permeating or infusing something with a substanceplay

    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)

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