diffusion diagram

A diagram for displaying the comparative properties of various diffusion processes, with coordinates of the mean free path or mixing length and mean molecular speed or diffusion velocity, for molecular or eddy diffusion, respectively; each point of the diagram determines diffusivity.

Related terms:

• diffusion
• temperature-salinity diagram
• T-S diagram
• orientation diagram
• AVA diagram
• rose diagram
• aerological diagram
• convective-cloud-height diagram
• atmospheric diffusion
• diffusion creep