SPREADS OUTWARD FROM THE SOURCE THROUGH INTERACTION WITH OTHERS.

ALL NEARBY PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED (FLU)

PEOPLE OF POWER OR INFLUENCE HAVE IT FIRST AND PASS IT DOWN TO LOWER GROUPS (CELL PHONES- BLACKBERRIES)

A PROCESS OF DIFFUSION IN WHICH AN INNOVATION MOVES FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER WITHOUT LEAVING THAT INNOVATION BEHIND AT THE ORIGIN. IN THIS SENSE, RELOCATION DIFFUSION IS USUALLY NOT EXPANSION DIFFUSION. HTTP://WWW.VALPO.EDU/GEOMET/GEO/COURSES/GEO101/GLOSSARY.HTML

FULL DEFINITION OF STIMULUS DIFFUSION. : DIFFUSION IN WHICH ONE PEOPLE RECEIVES A CULTURE ELEMENT FROM ANOTHER BUT GIVES IT A NEW AND UNIQUE FORM. TO ACCESS THE COMPLETE UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY, WITH AN ADDITIONAL 300,000 WORDS THAT AREN'T IN OUR FREE DICTIONARY, START A FREE TRIAL.

FORMAL REGION - A REGION DELINEATED ON THE BASIS OF ONE OR MORE IDENTIFIABLE TRAIT WHICH SETS IT APART FROM OTHER REGIONS - FOR EXAMPLE, A REGION DEFINED BY LANGUAGE OR DIALECT. COMPARE FUNCTIONAL REGION; PERCEPTUAL REGION.

A FUNCTIONAL REGION OR NODAL REGION, IS A REGION THAT HAS A DEFINED CORE THAT RETAINS A SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTIC THAT DIMINISHES OUTWARDS. TO BE CONSIDERED A FUNCTIONAL REGION, AT LEAST ONE FORM OF SPATIAL INTERACTION MUST OCCUR BETWEEN THE CENTER AND ALL OTHER PARTS OF THE REGION.

"AN AREA DEFINED BY SUBJECTIVE PERCEPTIONS THAT REFLECT THE FEELINGS & IMAGES ABOUT KEY PLACE CHARACTERISTICS. WHEN THESE PERCEPTIONS COME FROM THE LOCAL, ORDINARY FOLK, A PERCEPTUAL REGION CAN BE CALLED A VERNACULAR REGION."

GLOBALIZATION (OR GLOBALISATION) IS THE PROCESS OF INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION ARISING FROM THE INTERCHANGE OF WORLD VIEWS, PRODUCTS, IDEAS AND OTHER ASPECTS OF CULTURE.

GEOGRAPHIC INFO SYSTEM

NOUN THE SCANNING OF THE EARTH BY SATELLITE OR HIGH-FLYING AIRCRAFT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT IT.

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM