diffusion

noun 4 senses

(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

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English difusión diffusion 拡散 分子扩散运动
Qwen3 8B
DeepSeek V3
Mistral 7B

Lexical record · WordNet measured

(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
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Representation snapshot

// qwen
dimension count = 4,096
vector norm = 1.0
mean activation = 0.00015
median activation = 4e-05
std. deviation = 0.01562

// greatest deviation from median
dimension = d457
value = 0.0576
median = 4e-05
z-score = 3.6842σ
absolute deviation = 0.05756
// deepseek
dimension count = 7,168
vector norm = 1.0
mean activation = 3e-05
median activation = -0.00013
std. deviation = 0.01181

// greatest deviation from median
dimension = d6642
value = 0.04752
median = -0.00013
z-score = 4.034σ
absolute deviation = 0.04765
// mistral
dimension count = 4,096
vector norm = 1.0
mean activation = -0.0001
median activation = -0.00024
std. deviation = 0.01562

// greatest deviation from median
dimension = d1888
value = 0.06458
median = -0.00024
z-score = 4.1492σ
absolute deviation = 0.06483

Semantic proximity · cosine similarity

TermCosineDistance
dispersion 0.1382 0.8618
fusion 0.1327 0.8673
delusion 0.1314 0.8686
diversity 0.1288 0.8712
transmission 0.1250 0.8750
doubling 0.1221 0.8779
viscosity 0.1215 0.8785
diffuse 0.1201 0.8799
TermCosineDistance
diffuse 0.3185 0.6815
diffraction 0.2239 0.7761
dispersion 0.2144 0.7856
conduction 0.2077 0.7923
delusion 0.2058 0.7942
distribution 0.2052 0.7948
migration 0.2033 0.7967
dissemination 0.2023 0.7977
TermCosineDistance
infusion 0.2237 0.7763
exclusion 0.2074 0.7926
intrusion 0.2073 0.7927
delusion 0.2049 0.7951
absorption 0.1809 0.8191
fusion 0.1755 0.8245
diffuse 0.1719 0.8281
distribution 0.1653 0.8347

Similarity is distributional, not a dictionary synonym label. High similarity can occur between antonyms because they occupy similar contextual environments.

Opposition candidates

TermCosinePolarity ΔScoreRelation
WordNet lists no antonyms for this word.
TermCosinePolarity ΔScoreRelation
WordNet lists no antonyms for this word.
TermCosinePolarity ΔScoreRelation
WordNet lists no antonyms for this word.

Seeds are WordNet antonyms, ranked by embedding geometry. Opposition is never inferred from cosine distance alone: antonyms sit close, not far.

Tokenization · per model measured

ModelTokensPieces
DeepSeek V3 1 diffusion
Mistral 7B 1 diffusion
Qwen3 8B 1 diffusion

Sense inventory · WordNet measured

SynsetPOSDefinitionLemmas
diffusion.n.01 noun (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 n/a
diffusion.n.02 noun the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another n/a
dissemination.n.02 noun the property of being diffused or dispersed dissemination
dispersion.n.03 noun the act of dispersing or diffusing something dispersion, dispersal, dissemination