n.
The quality of being diffuse; especially, in writing, the use of a great or excessive number of word to express the meaning; copiousness; verbosity; prolixity.
diffuseness
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noun
- Words or the use of words in excess of those needed for clarity or precision: diffusion, long-windedness, pleonasm, prolixity, redundancy, verbiage, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordage, wordiness. See excess/insufficiency/enough, style/good style/bad style, words.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
the spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume
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