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Diffusion of Innovation

The broad dissemination of new ideas, procedures, techniques, materials, and devices and the degree to which these are accepted and used.

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The broad dissemination of new ideas, procedures, techniques, materials, and devices and the degree to which these are accepted and used.

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  • Innovation Diffusion
  • Diffusion, Innovation

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History Note

91(80); was see under COMMUNICATION 1980-90

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  1. L01w.143w.320w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Diffusion of Innovation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004059. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004059
  2. Diffusion of Innovation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_innovations
  3. Diffusion of Innovation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q304994