Translocation vs Diffusion - What's the difference?
translocation | diffusion |
Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.
(genetics) A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.
the act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion
(physics) the scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium
(physics) the intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation
the spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities
(physics, weather) Exchange of airborne media between regions in space in an apparently random motion of a small scale.
the movement of water vapor from regions of high concentration (high water vapor pressure) toward regions of lower concentration.
As nouns the difference between translocation and diffusion
is that translocation is removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another while diffusion is the act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion.translocation
English
Noun
(en noun)- There happened certain translocations at the deluge. — Woodward.