Dispersion
[dɪ'spɜːʃ(ə)n] or [dɪ'spɝʒn]
Definition
(noun.) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; 'the dispersion of the troops'; 'the diffusion of knowledge'.
(noun.) spreading widely or driving off.
Edited by Caleb--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Scattering.
Editor: Rudolf
Definition
n. a scattering or state of being scattered: (med.) the removal of inflammation: (opt.) the separation of light into its different rays: the Diaspora (q.v.).
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Examples
- Prince John resumed his retreat from the lists, and the dispersion of the multitude became general. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The dispersion of a ray of white light separates it into its component color rays. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They, too, found that many substances had each its own peculiar effect in the refraction and dispersion of light, and introduced no fewer than twenty-eight new substances in glass making. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Her shame was interrupted by the dispersion of the guests. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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