- Scattering abroad - The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a
spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion. - The act of passing by osmosis through animal membranes,
as in the distribution of poisons, gases, etc., through the body.
Unlike absorption, diffusion may go on after death, that is, after the
blood ceases to circulate.
- The act of disseminating, or the state of being
disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or
spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.