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Dispersion

Dispersion Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dispersion? [n] the act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge" [n] the spatial property of being scattered about over an area or volume [n] spreading widely or driving off Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dispersion: diffusion \| dispersal \| dissemination \| distribution \| scattering Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dispersion: addition \| adjunct \| administration \| aggrandizement \| aloofness \| ampliation \| amplification \| anarchy \| augmentation \| blackout \| blocking \| breakup \| broadening \| chaos \| confusion \| crescendo \| deactivation \| deflection \| deflexure \| dematerialization \| demobilization \| departure \| deployment \| detachment \| diaspora \| diffraction \| diffusion \| disappearance \| disappearing \| disbandment \| disbursal \| disbursement \| discontinuity \| discreteness \| disintegration \| disjunction \| dislocation \| dismissal \| disorder \| disorganization \| dispensation \| dispersal \| disposal \| disposition \| dissipation \| dissolution \| dissolving \| distortion \| distribution \| dole \| doling \| doling out \| eclipse \| elimination \| emanation \| enlargement \| entropy \| erasure \| evanescence \| evaporation \| expansion \| extension \| extinction \| fadeaway \| fadeout \| fading \| fanning out \| flare \| flection \| flexure \| giving out \| going \| hiking \| incoherence \| inconsistency \| increase \| issuance \| magnification \| melting \| nonadhesion \| noncohesion \| occultation \| parting \| passing \| passing around \| paying out \| radiance \| radiation \| radius \| raising \| ray \| refraction \| release \| scatter \| scattering \| separateness \| separation \| skewness \| splay \| split-up \| spoke \| spread \| spreading \| torsion \| unadherence \| unadhesiveness \| untenacity \| upping \| vanishing \| vanishing point \| widening \| wipe See Also \| complementary distribution \| complementation \| crop-dusting \| Diaspora \| diffusion \| dissemination \| dissipation \| innervation \| scatter \| spacing \| spatial arrangement \| spraying \| spread \| spread \| spread \| spreading \| spreading Dispersion In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*per"sion\, n. [CF. F. dispersion.] 1. The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel. The days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished. --Jer. xxv. 34. 2. (Opt.) The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities. {Dispersion of the optic axes} (Crystallog.), the separation of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different values for the different colors of the spectrum.

Dispersion Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dispersion?

[n] the act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge"
[n] the spatial property of being scattered about over an area or volume
[n] spreading widely or driving off

Dispersion In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*per"sion\, n. [CF. F. dispersion.]
1. The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the
   state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in
   their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a
   great dispersion of the human family took place at the
   building of Babel.

         The days of your slaughter and of your dispersions
         are accomplished.                     --Jer. xxv.
                                               34.

2. (Opt.) The separation of light into its different colored
   rays, arising from their different refrangibilities.

{Dispersion of the optic axes} (Crystallog.), the separation
   of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact
   that the axial angle has different values for the
   different colors of the spectrum.

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