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In Reply to: Re: Just the opposite... posted by Inmate51 on February 6, 2006 at 14:13:11:
Inmate51, your point is well taken. I am amazed at the "accuracy" of Wikipedia quite often myself. Curiously I have found Wikipedia to be quite accurate in the description of physical phenomena. Your experience will vary of course from field to field and the accucary can be random.In the case of diffusion, I do agree with the expanded definition used in Wikipedia. As a researcher in fields of Optics, Quantum Optics, and Quantum Mechanic myself, I remember the use of the term "diffusion" for effects other than just diffusion of molecules quite often in the above fields. As stated earlier, diffusion referrs to a process, discribed mathematically by the diffusion type differential equation, which applies to many wave propagation phenomena in optics, quantum mechanics, and acoustics. Another common case of use of the term diffusion is the case of heat diffusion which has nothing to do diffusion of molecules in chemistry.
I would be interesting to see what other enclopedias (not just the limited online version of course) have to say in this subject, although as a scientist I will keep to the more general physics and mathematics definition of diffusion.
Best wishes,
Rene
"I wouldn't trust (no) words written on no piece of paper."
Jim Jarmusch, DEAD MAN 1995
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