Dispersion

//dɪˈspɜːʒən// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being dispersed. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of dispersing or diffusing something wordnet
  3. 3
    A process of dispersing. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume wordnet
  5. 5
    The degree of scatter of data. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    spreading widely or driving off wordnet
  2. 7
    The separation of waves of different frequency in space or time; the amount of such separation. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    The removal of inflammation. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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dispersaldistributionstrewingadditionadjunctadministration

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"Beyond the Right's populism and the dispersion of the Left which have made this situation possible, I take full responsibility for this defeat and draw the necessary conclusions by retiring from political life after the end of the presidential election."

Etymology

From Middle English dispersioun, from Old French dispersion, from Latin dispersiō.

Related phrases

London dispersion forceoptical rotatory dispersionpigment dispersion syndromevelocity dispersion

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