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suffusion |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Suffusion \Suf*fu"sion\, n. [L. suffusio: cf F. suffusion.] 1. The act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading. To those that have the jaundice, or like suffusion of eyes, objects appear of that color. --Ray. 2. That with which a thing is suffused. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A blending of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the feathers of birds. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: suffusion n : the process of permeating or infusing [syn: {permeation}, {pervasion}, {impregnation}, {saturation}]
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