Tending to flow apart or separate; spreading outward in different directions from a common point.
From Latin 'diffugiens,' present participle of 'diffugere' (dis- + fugere, 'to flee or run'). The word literally describes things that 'run apart' or separate.
Rivers are diffugient when they split into multiple channels—the water 'flees' in different directions. This same word describes gases spreading out in a room or crowds dispersing after an event, all sharing the pattern of spreading apart!
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