What does suffusion mean?

Definitions for suffusion
suf·fu·sion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. permeation, pervasion, suffusionnoun

    the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance

Wiktionary

  1. suffusionnoun

    The act of pouring a liquid over something.

  2. suffusionnoun

    The state of being wet.

  3. suffusionnoun

    The state of becoming red on the surface.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Suffusionnoun

    Etymology: suffusion, French; from suffuse.

    A drop serene hath quench’d their orbs,
    Or dim suffusion veil’d. John Milton.

    The disk of Phœbus, when he climbs on high
    Appears at first but as a bloodshot eye;
    And when his chariot downward draws to bed,
    His ball is with the same suffusion red. Dryden.

    To those that have the jaundice or like suffusion of eyes, objects appear of that colour. John Ray.

ChatGPT

  1. suffusion

    Suffusion is the process or condition of spreading through or penetrating something. It can also refer to the spreading of a fluid or color across or through something, often relating to a blush or a spreading coloration on a person’s skin like a bruise.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Suffusionnoun

    the act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading

  2. Suffusionnoun

    that with which a thing is suffused

  3. Suffusionnoun

    a blending of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the feathers of birds

  4. Etymology: [L. suffusio: cf. F. suffusion.]

Entomology

  1. Suffusion

    a clouding, or a spreading of one shade over another.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of suffusion in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of suffusion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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