SUFFUSION

permeation, pervasion, suffusion

(noun) the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

suffusion (countable and uncountable, plural suffusions)

(countable) The act of pouring a liquid over or soaking something.

(countable) coat, coating, film, plating.

(uncountable) The state of being wet.

(uncountable) The state of becoming red on the surface.

Synonyms

• diffusion

Source: Wiktionary


Suf*fu"sion, n. Etym: [L. suffusio: cf. F. suffusion.]

1. The act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading. To those that have the jaundice, or like suffusion of eyes, objects appear of that color. Ray.

2. That with which a thing is suffused.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A blending of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the feathers of birds.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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