| A | B |
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| The spread of something over a given area | concentration |
| the rapid spread of a feature or trend throughout an entire population | contagious diffusion |
| the frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area | density |
| the spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time | diffusion |
| the diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin | distance decay |
| identity with a group of people that share distinct physical and mental traits as a product of common heredity and cultural tradition | ethnicity |
| the spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in an additive process | expansion diffusion |
| the range of physical, mental, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity | gender |
| actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope | globalization |
| the region from which innovative ideas originate | hearth |
| the spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places | hierarchical diffusion |
| a chain of communication that connects places | network |
| the geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area | pattern |
| the spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another | relocation diffusion |
| the physical gap or interval between two bodies | space |
| the spread of an underlying principle even though a specific characteristic is rejected | stimulus diffusion |
| the reduction in time that it takes for something to reach another place | time-space compression |
| a company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries not just where its headquarters or shareholders are located | transnational corporations |
| the increase in the gap in the economic condition between core and peripheral regions as a result of globalization of the economy | uneven development |
