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It turns a tiny puddle of oil into a haunted-house fog of forced relaxation.
means A device that breaks something up and spreads it out — most often a gadget that disperses essential oils into the air as a fine mist, though the word also covers things that scatter light or slow airflow.
from Straight from Latin diffundere, "to pour out" or "spread abroad" — dis- ("apart") plus fundere ("to pour"), the same fundere that gives us "fuse" and "foundry." The agent-noun "diffuser" simply names the thing that does the pouring-apart, whether it's spilling lavender mist or scattering a lamp's glare.
- ultrasonic trick
- Vibrates water 1.7 million times per second
- car origin
- F1 diffusers suck cars onto the track
- no heat
- Cold mist keeps oils chemically intact
- camera cousin
- Light diffusers soften shadows for flattering photos
dyson am11 — bladeless air multiplier fan with diffuser technology, released 2009
car air freshener diffuser — vent-mounted aroma diffusers for vehicles, widely sold by brands like febreze and glade