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Diffuseness

noun
1.
The spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume.





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"Diffuseness" Quotes from Famous Books



... unhappy. One of the issues of his paper contained a life of Piper. It begun by saying that Piper began life as the driver of a fish-cart in Marblehead, and that he was discharged by his employer on account of the diffuseness of his style. He quoted with great effect on Otis P. Lord the toast given by the Court Jester of Archbishop Laud's time: "Great Laud be to God, and Little Lord ...
— Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 • George Hoar
... a trifle too well aware of his reputation, has taken to underscoring his points, and tends to prolixity in consequence. Mr. Hall Caine has not a little of Hugo's audacity, but, with it, not a little of Hugo's diffuseness. Standing, like Destiny, with scourge lifted over the naked backs of his two poor sinners, he spares them no single stroke—not so much as a little one. Every detail that can possibly heighten their suffering is brought out in its place, until ...
— Adventures in Criticism • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch


Words linked to "Diffuseness" :   scatter, diffuse, spread


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