diffusion

net movement of molecules or atoms from a region of high concentration (or high chemical potential) to a region of low concentration (or low chemical potential)
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diffusion

Summary

diffusion is a physical law[1]. diffusion draws 760 Wikipedia views per month (physical_law category, ranking #18 of 113).[2]

Key Facts

  • diffusion's image is recorded as Diffusion.svg[3].
  • diffusion's instance of is recorded as physical law[4].
  • diffusion's GND ID is recorded as 4012277-3[5].
  • diffusion's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85037936[6].
  • diffusion's subclass of is recorded as transport phenomenon[7].
  • diffusion's subclass of is recorded as dissemination[8].
  • diffusion's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00564757[9].
  • diffusion's Commons category is recorded as Diffusion[10].
  • diffusion's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D004058[11].
  • diffusion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09gpz5t[12].
  • diffusion's MeSH tree code is recorded as G01.202[13].
  • diffusion's MeSH tree code is recorded as G02.196[14].
  • diffusion's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph135368[15].
  • diffusion's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Diffusion[16].
  • diffusion's Commons gallery is recorded as Diffusion[17].
  • diffusion's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300053756[18].
  • diffusion's PSH ID is recorded as 3031[19].
  • diffusion's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[20].
  • diffusion's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[21].
  • diffusion's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • diffusion's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • diffusion's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24].
  • diffusion's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000087180[25].
  • diffusion's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/diffusion[26].
  • diffusion's different from is recorded as trans-cultural diffusion[27].

Why It Matters

diffusion draws 760 Wikipedia views per month (physical_law category, ranking #18 of 113).[2] diffusion has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] diffusion is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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