Category:Suffusion

Suf*fu"sion, n. Etym: [l. suffusio: cf. F. suffusion.]

1. The act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an Overspreading. To those that have the jaundice, or like suffusion of eyes, objects Appear of that color. Ray.

2. That with which a thing is suffused.

3. (zoöl.)

Defn: a blending of one color into another; the spreading of one Color over another, as on the feathers of birds.