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PRONUNCIATION OF DIFFUSION CONSTANT

diffusion constant  [dɪˈfjuːʒən ˈkɒnstənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIFFUSION CONSTANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Diffusion constant is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIFFUSION CONSTANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fick's laws of diffusion

Fick's laws of diffusion describe diffusion and can be used to solve for the diffusion coefficient, D. They were derived by Adolf Fick in 1855.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIFFUSION CONSTANT


assistant
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consistent
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constant
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contestant
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distant
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equidistant
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existent
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heat-resistant
ˌhiːtrɪˈzɪstənt
inconsistent
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inconstant
ɪnˈkɒnstənt
inexistent
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insistent
ɪnˈsɪstənt
instant
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nonconstant
ˌnɒnˈkɒnstənt
nonexistent
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persistent
pəˈsɪstənt
Protestant
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resistant
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unconstant
ʌnˈkɒnstənt
wear-resistant
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIFFUSION CONSTANT

diffused junction
diffusedly
diffusedness
diffusely
diffuseness
diffuser
diffusibility
diffusible
diffusibleness
diffusion
diffusion coefficient
diffusion line
diffusional
diffusionism
diffusionist
diffusive
diffusively
diffusiveness
diffusivity
diffusor

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIFFUSION CONSTANT

Boltzmann constant
care assistant
chief assistant
consultant
crease-resistant
dielectric constant
gas constant
gravitational constant
learning support assistant
on the instant
personal assistant
Planck constant
Planck´s constant
research assistant
sales assistant
shock resistant
shop assistant
stain resistant
teaching assistant
time constant
water-resistant

Synonyms and antonyms of diffusion constant in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «diffusion constant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIFFUSION CONSTANT

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The translations of diffusion constant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «diffusion constant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

扩散常数
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

constante de difusión
570 millions of speakers

English

diffusion constant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रसार निरंतर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

نشر ثابتة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

коэффициент диффузии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

a constante de difusão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিভক্ত ধ্রুবক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

constante de diffusion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyebaran berterusan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Diffusionskonstante
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

拡散定数
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

확산 상수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Diffusi konstan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khuếch tán liên tục
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பரவல் மாறிலி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फैलाव स्थिर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Difüzyon sabiti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

costante diffusione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stała dyfuzji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

коефіцієнт дифузії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

constanta de difuzie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σταθερά διαχύσεως
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

diffusie konstante
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

diffusionskonstanten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

diffusjonskonstant
5 millions of speakers

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The term «diffusion constant» is normally little used and occupies the 108.482 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about diffusion constant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIFFUSION CONSTANT»

Discover the use of diffusion constant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to diffusion constant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology
Problem 16 The dimensionless “Lewis number” is defined as the ratio of the diffusion constant for molecules and the diffusion constant for heat flow (see Problem 15.) If the Lewis number is large, molecular diffusion occurs much more rapidly ...
Russell K. Hobbie, Bradley J. Roth, 2007
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Introduction to Diffusion Tensor Imaging: And Higher Order ...
b = 100 s/mm2 b = 287 s/mm2 b = 486 s/mm2 b = 823 s/mm2 lintensit y b = 1394 s/mm2 0 Diffusion constant map 500 1000 b-value * 1500 FIGURE 3.10 Relationship between gradient strength and signal intensity. As the gradient strength ...
Susumu Mori, J-Donald Tournier, 2013
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Comparative Animal Physiology, Environmental and Metabolic ...
This factor was recognized by August Krogh (99), who introduced the concept of a biological diffusion constant, which is the product of the diffusion coefficient (D) and the solubility coefficient a. Krogh's diffusion constant, K, has been ...
C. Ladd Prosser, 1991
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Granular Nanoelectronics
The diffusion constant can be defined by (Alley and Alder, 1979) t D(r) = (1) where <)>(r,O is the correlation function defined above. Figure 2 shows the time evolution of the diffusion constant evaluated by integrating correlation functions in Fig.
David K. Ferry, John R. Barker, Carlo Jacoboni, 1991
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Biological Applications of the Physics of Diffusion
and the diffusion constant within the bilayer [100, 101] is Dm = 0.05μm2/s. (5.3) With these values, the total permeability of the bilayer domain is equal to that of the “infinitesimally thin layer”. The derivation to these parameter values from ...
Xianfeng Song, 2008
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Handbook of Neuro-Oncology Neuroimaging
Herbert B Newton. and maps of the diffusion constant are then calculated. To avoid any ambiguities in the image interpretation, due to the directionally dependent restricted diffusion in white matter tracts, image data are collected sequentially ...
Herbert B Newton, 2007
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Animal Physiology: Adaptation and Environment
The need for the use of the diffusion constant in physiology arose in connection with the study of diffusion of gases between air and tissues, notably in the mammalian lung. For this purpose it is practical to refer the diffusion rate of a gas, say ...
Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, 1997
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Brain Mapping: The Methods
Images with different /; values (middle) are called diffusion-weighted image-, and a calculated map of the diffusion constant (bottom image) is called the apparent diffusion constant map. Blue color indicates an area with high diffusion constant ...
Arthur W. Toga, John C. Mazziotta, 2002
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Handbook of Metallurgical Process Design
The effect of carbon potential 0.4 OJ 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 Carbon Potential (%) Figure 8 Correlation between carbon potential and the effective diffusion constant (K). Diffusion rate calculated relative to effective case depth having 0.4% carbon. on ...
George E. Totten, Kiyoshi Funatani, Lin Xie, 2004
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Silicon device processing: proceedings
The second law is the result of applying conservation of matter to the first law and is mathematically stated: dC(x) d_ f dC(x), dt dx v dx ; (2) = +D*L-(C(x)) (3) dx if the diffusion constant is not a function of position. The well known complementary  ...
Charles P. Marsden, American Society for Testing and Materials. Committee F-1 on Materials for Electron Devices and Microelectronics, 1970

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIFFUSION CONSTANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term diffusion constant is used in the context of the following news items.
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Researchers find the macroscopic Brownian motion phenomena of …
In 1905, Einstein published a theoretical paper interpreting the stochastic process using particle diffusion constant and the fluid viscosity. «Nanowerk, Jul 15»
2
Combining Atomic Force Microscopy with Scanning Electrochemical …
... species following I = 4nFDcr (n = number of transferred electrons, F = Faraday constant, D = diffusion constant of the redox active species). «AZoNano.com, Jan 15»
3
Meeting Review: The Chromatographic Society Spring Symposium …
This reduced pressure perturbations and led to more precise measurements of the diffusion constant. Dr Heaton then went on to discuss the ... «Chromatography Today, Nov 14»
4
Modelling drug delivery to the brain
They also employed pre-determined Dox pharmacokinetic parameters, such as plasma half-life, albumin binding ratio, diffusion constant, and ... «Medical Physics Web, Oct 14»
5
How Quickly Does the Smell of Blood Travel Through Water?
A typical diffusion constant for a medium-sized molecule in water is about 5*10^{-6} cm^2/s . If we want the smell to travel a quarter mile, or a ... «Slate Magazine, Oct 13»
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Macromolecule and Nanoparticle Characterization: An Interview …
... r.m.s. radius rg; dynamic light scattering (DLS) measures the diffusion constant, which relates to another type of size - hydrodynamic radius, ... «Azom.com, Apr 13»
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Disorder Makes a Robust Matter-Wave Interferometer
This time scale depends on the diffusion constant of atoms in the disordered potential , which is an important transport parameter and which ... «Physics, Nov 12»
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Holes in the stream
The packet undergoes diffusion, spreading at a rate controlled by the so-called ambipolar diffusion constant , a weighted average of the ... «Physics, Jun 11»
9
Speeding up in a crowd
Similarly, the effects of the other B particles on the diffusion constant are accounted for by replacing with the self-diffusion constant . «Physics, Sep 10»
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Using Inverse Gas Chromatography for the Physico-Chemical …
C is related to all non-equilibrium properties and is therefore directly related to the bulk diffusion constant. Figure 8. Dependence of the ... «Azom.com, Apr 10»

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