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This article addresses a numerical solution of the heat/mass diffusion equation \[ {{\partial u}\over{\partial t}} - \sum_{j=1}^m \left(a_j {{\partial^2 u}\over{\partial x_j}} + b_j {{\partial u}\over{\partial x_j}}\right) + c U = f(x_1, \dots ,x_m, t) \] with in initial condition and Dirichlet boundary conditions. The coefficient may be functions of the spatial coordinates and/or time. The new proposed method, the exponential transversal method of lines (ETMDL), utilizes an exponential variation of the dependent variable to improve accuracy in the evaluation of the time derivative. The objective of this work is to study the convergence properties of this method within the framework of the diffusion equation. The stability of the proposed methodology is also established. The applicability of ETMDL is discussed to some practical problems, and present analytical/numerical results to illustrate the theoretical properties of the method.