diffuser
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diffuser (plural diffusers)
- Any person or thing that diffuses
- A device designed to diffuse a scent efficiently
- 2009 February 28, Rita Zekas, “DecoRita visits West Elm”, Toronto Star:
- They are in the under-$20 section, which includes a display of scented candles and diffusers.
- 2009 February 28, Rita Zekas, “DecoRita visits West Elm”, Toronto Star:
- (optics) Any device that or spreads out or scatters light, making the light appear softer
- 2008 January 24, “In a Town Known for Light, a House With Very Little”, New York Times:
- Along the sofa every three and a half feet, fluorescent tubes glow through translucent plastic diffusers.
- 2008 January 24, “In a Town Known for Light, a House With Very Little”, New York Times:
- (automotive) A shaped section of a car's underbody which improves the car's aerodynamic properties
- (thermodynamics) A mechanical device that is designed to control the characteristics of a fluid at the entrance to a thermodynamic open system
- (sewage treatment) An aerating device consisting of a membrane with fine pores, through which air is blown to generate small bubbles
- (cooking) A cooking item that can be placed above a stove heating element or burner to separate the cooking utensil from the heat source
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[edit] French
[edit] Verb
diffuser
[edit] Conjugation
Conjugation of diffuser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | diffuser | avoir diffusé | |||||
| gerund | en diffusant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | diffusant | ||||||
| past participle | diffusé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | diffuse | diffuses | diffuse | diffusons | diffusez | diffusent |
| imperfect | diffusais | diffusais | diffusait | diffusions | diffusiez | diffusaient | |
| past historic | diffusai | diffusas | diffusa | diffusâmes | diffusâtes | diffusèrent | |
| future | diffuserai | diffuseras | diffusera | diffuserons | diffuserez | diffuseront | |
| conditional | diffuserais | diffuserais | diffuserait | diffuserions | diffuseriez | diffuseraient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | diffuse | diffuses | diffuse | diffusions | diffusiez | diffusent |
| imperfect | diffusasse | diffusasses | diffusât | diffusassions | diffusassiez | diffusassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | diffuse | — | diffusons | diffusez | — | ||
