Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rediffuse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: red-if-fuse
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To diffuse again.

Example Sentences

"To complicate this picture of terrestrial broadcasting which originates broadcasts, and cable systems which rediffuse broadcasts or originate programming, the further distribution of broadcasts and cable signals has been made possible by communications satellites."
"Because of the hydrophilicity of this moiety, these metabolites cannot rediffuse back into the cell and are usually eliminated in the case of mammals through the kidneys."
"Time-temperature combinations will be sufficient to precipitate chromium-rich carbide at the grain boundaries, but insufficient to rediffuse chromium back into austenite near the carbide."

Etymology

From re- + diffuse.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: re

Inflected Forms

rediffuses (present, singular) rediffusing (participle, present) rediffused (participle, past) rediffused (past)

Questions

What does rediffuse mean?: To diffuse again.
Where does rediffuse come from?: From re- + diffuse.

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