Diffusibility
Dif‐fu′si‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. The quality of being diffusible; capability of being poured or spread out.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Diffusible
Dif‐fu″si‐ble (?), a. 1. Capable of flowing or spreading in all directions; that may be diffused.2. (Physiol.) Capable of passing through animal membranes by osmosis.
Diffusibleness
Dif‐fu″si‐ble‐ness, n. Diffusibility.
Diffusion
Dif‐fu″sion (?), n. [L. diffusio: cf. F. diffusion.] 1. The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion.A di...
Diffusive
Dif‐fu″sive (?), a. [Cf. F. diffusif.] Having the quality of diffusing; capable of spreading every way by flowing; spreading widely; widely reaching; copious; diffuse. “A plenti...
Diffusively
Dif‐fu″sive‐ly, adv. In a diffusive manner.
Diffusiveness
Dif‐fu″sive‐ness, n. The quality or state of being diffusive or diffuse; extensiveness; expansion; dispersion. Especially of style: Diffuseness; want of conciseness; prolixity.T...
Diffusivity
Dif′fu‐siv″i‐ty (?), n. Tendency to become diffused; tendency, as of heat, to become equalized by spreading through a conducting medium.
Dig
Dig (dĭg), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dug (dŭg) or Digged (dĭgd); p. pr. & vb. n.Digging. — Digged is archaic.] [OE. diggen, perh. the same word as diken, dichen (see Dike, Ditch); cf. ...
Dig (2)
Dig, v. i. 1. To work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve.Dig for it more than for hid treasures. Job iii. 21.I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed. ...
Dig (3)
Dig, n. 1. A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t., 4.2. A plodding and laborious student.
Dig (4)
Dig, v. i. 1. To work hard or drudge; specif. (U. S.): To study ploddingly and laboriously.Peter dug at his books all the harder. Paul L. Ford.2. (Mach.) Of a tool: To cut deepl...
Dig (5)
Dig, n. 1. A tool for digging.2. An act of digging.3. An amount to be dug.4. (Mining) = Gouge.
Digamist
Dig″a‐mist (?), n. [Gr. � = � twice + � to marry. Cf. Bigamist.] One who marries a second time; a deuterogamist. Hammond.
Digamma
Di‐gam″ma (?), n. [Gr. �; � = � twice + γάμμα the letter Γ. So called because it resembled two gammas placed one above the other.] (Gr. Gram.) A letter (�, �) of the Greek alpha...
Digammate
{ Di‐gam″mate (?), Di‐gam″mated (?), } a. Having the digamma or its representative letter or sound; as, the Latin word vis is a digammated form of the Greek ἴσ. Andrews.
Digamous
Dig″a‐mous (?), a. Pertaining to a second marriage, that is, one after the death of the first wife or the first husband.
Digamy
Dig″a‐my (?), n. [Gr. � a second marriage; δι- = δίσ- twice + � marriage. Cf. Bigamy.] Act, or state, of being twice married; deuterogamy.
Digastric
Di‐gas″tric (?), a. [Gr. δι- = δίσ- twice + � belly: cf. F. digastrique.] (Anat.) (a) Having two bellies; biventral; — applied to muscles which are fleshy at each end and have a...
Digenea
‖Di‐ge″ne‐a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. δι- = δίσ- twice + � race, offspring.] (Zoöl.) A division of Trematoda in which alternate generations occur, the immediate young not resemb...
Digenesis
Di‐gen″e‐sis (?), n. [Pref. di- + genesis.] (Biol.) The faculty of multiplying in two ways; — by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis.
Digenous
Dig″e‐nous (?), a. [Pref. di- + -genous.] (Biol.) Sexually reproductive.Digenous reproduction. (Biol.) Same as Digenesis.
Digerent
Dig″er‐ent (?),. [L. digerens, p. pr. of digerere. See Digest.] Digesting. Bailey.
Digest
Di‐gest″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Digested; p. pr. & vb. n.Digesting.] [L. digestus, p. p. of digerere to separate, arrange, dissolve, digest; di- = dis- + gerere to bear, carry,...
Digest (2)
Di‐gest″ (?), v. i. 1. To undergo digestion; as, food digests well or ill.2. (Med.) To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer.
Digest (3)
Di″gest (?), n. [L. digestum, pl. digesta, neut., fr. digestus, p. p.: cf. F. digeste. See Digest, v. t.] That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classifi...
Digestedly
Di‐gest″ed‐ly (?), adv. In a digested or well-arranged manner; methodically.