as in diffuseness
the use of too many words to express an idea
the author's tendency toward diffusion makes the novel a tedious read
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The researchers use their device to demonstrate a number of standard tasks for a neural network, such as classifying the shape of optical waveforms, predicting the next value in a time series given the previous values and generating images by diffusion.
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The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
This last concern about diffusion of responsibilities has particular resonance in San Diego.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
The diffusion model result is based on what the diffusion model has learned, too.
—John Werner, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Video generators, like image generators, typically use a diffusion model trained to create an image from random noise.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Jan. 2025
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The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
This last concern about diffusion of responsibilities has particular resonance in San Diego.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
The diffusion model result is based on what the diffusion model has learned, too.
—John Werner, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Video generators, like image generators, typically use a diffusion model trained to create an image from random noise.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Diffusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diffusion. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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