verb

spread over a wide area or between a large number of people.

technologies diffuse rapidly

spread,spread out,spread around,send out,scatter,disperse,disseminate,distribute,dispense,put about,circulate,communicate,impart,purvey,propagate,transmit,broadcast,promulgate,bruit abroad

adjective

spread out over a large area; not concentrated.

the diffuse community which centred on the church

spread out,diffused,scattered,dispersed,not concentrated