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Dispersion

Definition: Dispersion

Dispersion

Noun

1. Spreading widely or driving off.

2. The spatial property of being scattered about over an area or volume.

3. The act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "dispersion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references)

Etymology: Dispersion \Dis*per"sion\, noun. [Compare to the French expression dispersion.]. (references)


Specialty Definition: Dispersion

DomainDefinition

Aerospace

1. In rocketry (a) deviation from a prescribed flight path, (b) specifically, circular dispersion. 2. A measure of the scatter of data points around a mean value or around a regression curve. Usually expressed as a standard-deviation estimate, or as a standard error of estimate. Note that the scatter is not centered around the true value unless systematic errors are zero. 3. The process in which radiation is separated into its component wavelengths. Dispersion results when an optical process, such as diffraction, refraction, or scattering, varies according to wavelength. 4. In spectroscopy, a measure of the resolving power of a spectroscope or spectrograph, usually expressed in angstroms per millimeter.5. As applied to materials, a scattering of very fine particles (e.g., ceramics) within the body of a metallic material usually resulting in overall strengthening of the composite material. (references)

Avian

(1) the pattern of spacing of individuals in a population (Ricklefs 1979:868); (2) the nonaccidental movement of individuals into or out of an area or population, typically a movement over a relatively short distance and of a regular nature (Lincoln et al. 1982:70). (references)

Bible

Dispersion (Gr. diaspora, "scattered," James 1:1; 1 Pet. 1:1) of the Jews. At various times, and from the operation of divers causes, the Jews were separated and scattered into foreign countries "to the outmost parts of heaven" (Deut. 30:4). (1.) Many were dispersed over Assyria, Media, Babylonia, and Persia, descendants of those who had been transported thither by the Exile. The ten tribes, after existing as a separate kingdom for two hundred and fifty-five years, were carried captive (B.C. 721) by Shalmaneser (or Sargon), king of Assyria. They never returned to their own land as a distinct people, although many individuals from among these tribes, there can be no doubt, joined with the bands that returned from Babylon on the proclamation of Cyrus. (2.) Many Jews migrated to Egypt and took up their abode there. This migration began in the days of Solomon (2 Kings 18:21, 24; Isa. 30:7). Alexander the Great placed a large number of Jews in Alexandria, which he had founded, and conferred on them equal rights with the Egyptians. Ptolemy Philadelphus, it is said, caused the Jewish Scriptures to be translated into Greek (the work began B.C. 284), for the use of the Alexandrian Jews. The Jews in Egypt continued for many ages to exercise a powerful influence on the public interests of that country. From Egypt they spread along the coast of Africa to Cyrene (Acts 2:10) and to Ethiopia (8:27). (3.) After the time of Seleucus Nicator (B.C. 280), one of the captains of Alexander the Great, large numbers of Jews migrated into Syria, where they enjoyed equal rights with the Macedonians. From Syria they found their way into Asia Minor. Antiochus the Great, king of Syria and Asia, removed 3,000 families of Jews from Mesopotamia and Babylonia, and planted them in Phrygia and Lydia. (4.) From Asia Minor many Jews moved into Greece and Macedonia, chiefly for purposes of commerce. In the apostles' time they were found in considerable numbers in all the principal cities. From the time of Pompey the Great (B.C. 63) numbers of Jews from Palestine and Greece went to Rome, where they had a separate quarter of the city assigned to them. Here they enjoyed considerable freedom. Thus were the Jews everywhere scattered abroad. This, in the overruling providence of God, ultimately contributed in a great degree toward opening the way for the spread of the gospel into all lands. Dispersion, from the plain of Shinar. This was occasioned by the confusion of tongues at Babel (Gen. 11:9). They were scattered abroad "every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations" (Gen. 10:5, 20,31). The tenth chapter of Genesis gives us an account of the principal nations of the earth in their migrations from the plain of Shinar, which was their common residence after the Flood. In general, it may be said that the descendants of Japheth were scattered over the north, those of Shem over the central regions, and those of Ham over the extreme south. The following table shows how the different families were dispersed: | - Japheth | - Gomer | Cimmerians, Armenians | - Magog | Caucasians, Scythians | - Madal | Medes and Persian tribes | - Javan | - Elishah | Greeks | - Tarshish | Etruscans, Romans | - Chittim | Cyprians, Macedonians | - Dodanim | Rhodians | - Tubal | Tibareni, Tartars | - Mechech | Moschi, Muscovites | - Tiras | Thracians | | - Shem | - Elam | Persian tribes | - Asshur | Assyrian | - Arphaxad | - Abraham | - Isaac | - Jacob | Hebrews | - Esau | Edomites | - Ishmael | Mingled with Arab tribes | - Lud | Lydians | - Aram | Syrians | | - Ham | - Cush | Ethiopans | - Mizrain | Egyptians | - Phut | Lybians, Mauritanians | - Canaan | Canaanites, Phoenicians. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Chemistry

Separating particles that have clustered in a suspension. Source: European Union. (references)

Electrical Engineering

The natural separation of waves according to frequency. Source: European Union. (references)
 The phenomenon of the change in velocity of propagation of radiation as a function of its frequency, which causes a separation of the monochromatic components of a complex radiation, or the property of an optical device or medium giving rise to this phenomenon, or a quantity characterising this property. Source: European Union. (references)

Mathematics

The degree to which individual data points are distributed around the mean. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. The fairly permanent suspension of finely divided but undissolved particles in a fluid b. The creation of a dispersion by deflocculation c. The separation of polychromatic light (e.g., white light; sunlight) into its component wavelengths. d. The degree of inequality of refractive index and refraction of light of various colors. Syn:refractive index e. Change in the angle between optic axes in biaxial crystals due to change in refractive indices with change in wavelength of light. f. Change in the orientation of optical directions with respect to crystallographic directions in monoclinic or triclinic minerals. See also:index of refraction; optic axis. g. Distortion of the shape of a seismic-wave train because of variation of velocity with frequency. h. Advance or recession of peaks and troughs from the beginning of the seismic wave as it travels.i. Breaking down or separation of soil aggregates into single grains. (references)

Physics

Process of dispersing of a dry powder(or pigments)in a liquid medium in such a way that the individual particles of the powder become separated from one another and are reasonable evenly distributed throughout the entire liquid medium. Source: European Union. (references)
 The separation of the sinusoidal components of a wave resulting from change of speed of sound with frequency. Source: European Union. (references)

Post & Telecom

The relationship between refractive index and wavelength. Source: European Union. (references)

Public Administration

Environment:action taken to remove or render less harmful environmental contaminants from the air, land and sea; Crowd:scattering a crowd or collection of bystanders who hamper the work of disaster workers or firefighters; Population:removing people from immediate vicinity of a source of danger and relocating in less vulnerable units around the area; Relocation. Source: European Union. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Dispersion

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Dispersion can mean any of several things:





Dispersion (materials science)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In materials science, dispersion is the fraction of atoms of a material exposed to the surface. In general:

D = NS/NT

where D is the dispersion, NS is the number of surface atoms and NT is the total number of atoms of the material. Dispersion is an important concept in heterogeneous catalysis, since only atoms that are exposed to the surface are able to play a role in catalytic surface reactions. Dispersion increases with decreasing crystallite size and approaches unity at a crystallite diameter of about 1 nm.



Dispersion (optics)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In optics, dispersion is a phenomenon that causes the separation of a wave into components with different frequencies. It is most often observed in light waves, though it may happen to any kind of wave that interacts with a medium, such as sound waves.

Dispersion is caused by a variation of the speed of a wave with its frequency. In optics, the phase velocity of a wave v in a given medium is given by:

where c is the speed of light in a vacuum and n is the refractive index of the medium.

In general, the refractive index is some function of the frequency ν of the light, thus n = n(ν), or alternately, with respect to the wave's wavelength n = n(λ). The wavelength dependency of a material's refractive index is usually quantified by an empirical formula, the Sellmeier equation.

The most commonly seen consequence of dispersion in optics is the separation of white light into a color spectrum by a prism. From Snell's law it can be seen that the angle of refraction of light in a prism depends on the refractive index of the prism material. Since that refractive index varies with wavelength, it follows that the angle that the light is refracted will also vary with wavelength, causing the angular separation of the colors.

For visible light, most transparent materials (e.g. glasses) have:

or alternatively:

,

that is, refractive index n decreasing with increasing wavelength λ. This results in a stronger bending effect for blue light compared to red light, resulting in the well known angular spread of colors.

Group and phase velocity

Another consequence of dispersion manifests itself as a temporal effect. The formula above, v = c / n calculates the phase velocity of a wave; this is the velocity at which the phase of any one frequency component of the wave will propagate. This is not the same as the group velocity of the wave, which is the rate that changes in amplitude (known as the envelope of the wave) will progagate. The group velocity vg is given by:

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The group velocity vg is often thought of as the velocity at which energy or information is conveyed along the wave. In most cases this is true, and the group velocity can be thought of as the signal velocity of the waveform. In some unusual circumstances, where the wavelength of the light is close to an absorption resonance of the medium, it is possible for the group velocity to exceed the speed of light (vg > c), leading to the conclusion that superluminal (faster than light) communication is possible. In practice, in such situations the distortion and absorption of the wave is such that the value of the group velocity essentially becomes meaningless, and does not represent the true signal velocity of the wave, which stays less than c.

The group velocity itself is usually a function of the wave's frequency. This results in group velocity dispersion (GVD), which causes a short pulse of light to spread in time as a result of different frequency components of the pulse travelling at different velocities. GVD is often quantified as the group delay dispersion parameter:

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If D is less than zero, the medium is said to have normal, or positive dispersion. If D is greater than zero, the medium has anomalous, or negative dispersion. If a light pulse is propagated through a normally dispersive medium, the result is the higher frequency components travel slower than the lower frequency components. The pulse therefore becomes positively chirped, increasing in frequency with time. Conversely, if a pulse travels through an anomalously dispersive medium, high frequency components travel faster than the lower ones, and the pulse becomes negatively chirped (decreasing in frequency with time.)

The result of GVD, whether negative or positive, is temporal spreading of the pulse. This makes dispersion management extremely important in optical communications systems based on optical fiber, since if dispersion is too high, a group of pulses representing a bit-stream will spread in time and merge together, rendering the bit-stream unintelligible. This limits the length of fiber that a signal can be sent down without regeneration. One possible answer to this problem is to send signals down the optical fibre with a wavelength of ~1.3 μm; this is a wavelength at which GVD is zero in silica glass, so pulses at this wavelength suffer minimal spreading from dispersion. Another possible option is to use soliton pulses, a form of optical pulse which uses a nonlinear optical effect to self-maintain its shape.

Dispersion control is also important in lasers that produce short pulses. The overall dispersion of the optical resonator is a major factor in determining the duration of the pulses emitted by the laser. A pair of prisms can be arranged to produce net negative dispersion, which can be used to balance the usually positive dispersion of the laser medium. Diffraction gratings can also be used to produce dispersive effects; these are often used in high-power laser amplifier systems.

Dispersion in gemmology

In the technical terminology of gemmology, dispersion is the difference in the refractive index of a material at the B and G Fraunhofer wavelengths of 686.7 nm and 430.8 nm and is meant to express the degree to which the gemstone shows fire or color.

Related topics

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dispersion."

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Synonyms: Dispersion

Synonyms: diffusion (n), dispersal (n), dissemination (n), distribution (n), scattering (n). (additional references)
Antonym: concentration (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Dispersion

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Decomposition

Noun: decomposition, analysis, dissection, resolution, catalysis, dissolution; corruption; (uncleanness); dispersion; disjunction; disintegration.

Disjunction

Noun: disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion, disassociation, disengagement; discontinuity; abjunction; cataclasm; inconnection; abstraction, abstractedness; isolation; insularity, insulation; oasis; island; separateness; Adjective: severalty; disjecta membra; dispersion; apportionment.

Distance

Dispersion;.

Divergence

Noun: divergence, divergency; divarication, ramification, forking; radiation; separation; (disjunction); dispersion; deviation; aberration.

Increase

Noun: increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension; dilatation; (expansion); increment, accretion; accession; development, growth; aggrandizement, aggravation; rise; ascent; exaggeration exacerbation; spread; (dispersion); flood tide; gain, produce, product, profit.

Nonassemblage Dispersion

Noun: {opp. } dispersion; disjunction; divergence; aspersion; scattering; Verb: dissemination, diffusion, dissipation, distribution; apportionment; spread, respersion, circumfusion, interspersion, spargefaction; affusion. waifs and estrays, flotsam and jetsam, disjecta membra; waveson.

Presence

Permeation, pervasion; diffusion; (dispersion).

Transference

Transit, transition; passage, ferry, gestation; portage, porterage, carting, cartage; shoveling; Verb: vection, vecture, shipment, freight, wafture; transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption, transplantation, translation; shifting, dodging; dispersion; transposition; (interchange); traction.

Waste

Noun: consumption, expenditure, exhaustion; dispersion; ebb; leakage; (exudation); loss; wear and tear; waste; prodigality; misuse; wasting; Verb: rubbish; (useless). mountain in labor.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Dispersion

English words defined with "dispersion": AmongstBreak-upcrop-dusting, crown glassDiaspora, diffusion, Diffusiveness, Disjection, dispersal, dissemination, dissipationflint glasshydrogeloptical crown, optical flintpassive air defenseSemination, spraying. (references)
Specialty definitions using "dispersion": abnormal curve, Accidents, Radiation, Angelical Stone, anomalous dispersion, areal pattern, atmospheric dispersion model, atomized metal powderChristiansen effect, circular dispersionD2 statistic, diffusion model, dispersant, dispersing agent, dispersion model, Dispersion Relation, or Plasma Dispersion Relation, dust suppressionequi-angular profileFisher subsieve sizer, flocculating agent, flue dust, frequency equationgaseous dispersion patternhomogenised milkinterseeding, intersowingleakage halomathematical model representing the distribution of pollutants, METALLURGIST, PHYSICALnormal dispersionOil Spill, optical constant, optical property, Optical Rotatory Dispersion, overagingpearl mill, peptizing agent, Plasma Dispersion Function, primary anomaly, primary dispersion, p-statisticsrubber glueSAND-MILL GRINDER, sod seeding, sol-gel, sol-gel process, statistical quality control, statistical quality inspection, Sulfur Hexafluoride, superimposed halo, superjacent pattern, symmetrical dispersionturbulent diffusion modelwall-rock halo, wall-rock pattern, Wilks-Rosenbaum testsZ Function. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Dispersion" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (dispersion), French (dispersal, dispersion, dissipation, scatter, scattering, spreading out, strewing, suffusion), Swedish (dispersion).

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Modern Usage: Dispersion

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Looks like our Wallwalker's neuro-electrical pulse activates some kind of molecular dispersion. That's what enables him to pass through inanimate objects (Birds of Prey; writing credit: Adam Armus; Nora Kay Foster)

Movie/TV Titles

Les Acadiens de la dispersion (1968)

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Commercial Usage: Dispersion

DomainTitle

Books

  • Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling (reference)

  • Dispersion in Estuaries and Coastal Waters (reference)

  • Dispersion, Complex Analysis and Optical Spectroscopy: Classical Theory (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 147) (reference)

  • Faith in a Seed: The Dispersion of Seeds and Other Late Natural History Writings (reference)

  • Mesoscale Atmospheric Dispersion (Advances in Air Pollution) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

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Non-Fiction Usage: Dispersion

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The major imported dyes are active dyes, direct dyes, and dispersion dyes. In 1996, the imported volume of these three dyes were 8,000 tons, 6,000 tons, and 5,000 tons, respectively. (references)

China mainly produces and uses sulphur dyes, dispersion dyes, reducing dyes, acid dyes, active dyes, direct dyes, and ice dyes. At present, China’s dyestuff output reaches 180,000 tons, making it number one in the world. (references)

Textile products made for export, use imported dyes. China mainly imports active dyes, direct dyes, and dispersion dyes. With the development of other industrial sectors such as electronics, metal, wood products, food packaging, and leather processing, dyes for these respective markets will be in high demand. (references)

Economic History

Czech Rep

These unhealthy linkages also led to a wide dispersion of ownership patterns, and consequent unclear corporate governance structures. (references)

Maldives

Due to smallness, remoteness and dispersion of its population and landmass, the Maldives is unable to benefit from scale economies and faces constraints to the mobility of its people and goods. (references)

Ukraine

The sheer geographic size of Ukraine and its relatively high level of population dispersion (only about 10% of Ukraine's population lives in the three largest cities) make establishing a viable, reliable distribution network of great importance. (references)

Trade

Ecuador

Ecuador has liberalized its trade regime since 1990, resulting in a reduction of tariffs and tariff dispersion, elimination of most non-tariff surcharges, and enactment of an in-bond processing industry law. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Dispersion

"Dispersion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dispersion" is used about 159 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%15924,860

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Derived & Related Names: Dispersion

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "dispersion".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
ZerubbabelN/ABiblical

Dispersion of confusion

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Expressions: Dispersion

Expressions using "dispersion": anomalous dispersion atmospheric dispersion model dispersion error dispersion medium dispersion model Dispersion of the optic axes dispersion pattern dispersion stabilising transformation fiber optic dispersion fibre optic dispersion Optical Rotatory Dispersion the dispersion. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "dispersion": dispersion-shifted.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dispersion

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

dispersion

42

dispersion paraffin

4

chromatic dispersion

24

convection dispersion

3

de dispersion medidas

20

compensation dispersion fiber

3

pigment dispersion

16

device dispersion radiological

3

de dispersion la luz

12

atmospheric dispersion

3

dispersion pigment syndrome

12

dispersion matrix phase solid

3

dispersion measure

9

coefficient dispersion

3

polarization mode dispersion

9

de dispersion tablas

3

dispersion gas

8

air dispersion

2

de diagrama dispersion

8

colloidal dispersion

2

dispersion pigmentary syndrome

8

dispersion hypertension hypertrophy in lv qt

2

air dispersion modeling

7

comparator dispersion time time walk

2

dispersion mill

7

dispersion speaker super

2

polyurethane dispersion

6

advection breakthrough column curve dispersion experiment in sand

2

dispersion force london

5

akron dispersion

2

dispersion model

4

dispersion modern

2

dispersion modeling

4

de dispersion ondas

2

dispersion light

4

blade dispersion

2

de diagramas dispersion

4

thermal dispersion

2

dispersion pigmentary

4

dispersion measurement

2

dispersion light prism through

2
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Modern Translation: Dispersion

Language Translations for "dispersion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

dispersion, zbërthim (analysis, decomposition, diffraction, disintegration, dismounting, dissolution, pulling apart, resolution, unbuttoning, undoing, unnailing), tretësirë koloidale, shpërndarje (allocation, apportion, deal, delivery, deployment, diaspora, diffusion, dismissal, dismission, dispensation, dispersal, dissipation, dissolution, distribution, division, layout, share out, spread, spreading), shpërhapje e grimcave, shpërbërje (diffraction, disintegration, dissolution, resolution), hallakatje (fling, helter-skelter, rant). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تشتيت (dispersal), ‏تشتت (disband, disperse, scuttle, squander, stampede), ‏تبديد (dispersal, dissipation, removal, scattering, squandering, waste), ‏تبدد (clear, death, dispersal, dissipate, fly, go to waste, recede, tarnish), ‏التقزح. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

разсейване (aberration, avocation, diffusion, dispersal, dissipation, distraction, scattering), разпръскване (diffusion, dispersal, dissemination, dissipation, scattering), разпръснатост, разпиляване (dilapidation, dispersal, distribution, spillage, spreading), разпиляност, дисперсия. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

分散作". (various references)

   

Czech

  

rozptyl (diffusion, dispersal, scatter, stray). (various references)

   

Danish

  

dispersion (deflocculation), dispergering (disperse), spredning (deconcentration, devolution, dispersal, distribution, diverging, probable error, range, regulating, scatter, scattering, shaping, span, spread, spreading, standard deviation, stray), finfordeling (deflocculation, fine droplet spray pattern, tiny droplet spray pattern). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

dispersio, dispersie,spreiding, dispersie (disperse), dispergering (disperse), verspreiding (propaganda, publicity), strooiing (scatter, scattering), spreiding (decentralisation, dispersal, diverging, spread, standard deviation, to set up in the provinces), kleurschifting, evacuatie (evacuation). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hajonta (spread). (various references)

   

French

  

dispersion (dispersal, dissipation). (various references)

   

German

  

Streuung (dispersal, mean variation, scattering, spread), Feinverteilung (primary walk sorting, separation to routes, street sorting). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

διασπορά (diaspora, spreading). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

תפוצ" (circulation, currency, distribution, scattering, spread), פזיר", פזור (demilitarization, diffusion, dispersal, dissipation, distribution, scatter, scattered, scattering, spread), בזור (decentralization). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szétszórtság (dispersal, dispersity), szétszóródás (diffusion, dispersal, dissipation, scattering, skedaddle, spreading). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

penyebaran (dissemination), pembubaran (abrogation, dismissal, dispersal, dissolution, liquidation). (various references)

   

Italian

  

dispersione (disbandment, dispersal, dissipation, leakage, scattering). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

統計 (a scatter, scattering, statistics), 散乱 (scattered about), 消散 (dissipation, evaporation), 分散 (decentralization, variance). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しょうさ" (admiration, chances of success, commendation, dissipation, evaporation, nitric acid, praise, prospects of victory), さ"ら" (egg-laying, scattered about, silkworm egg, spawning), ぶ"さ" (decentralization, distribution, variance), ばらつき (a scatter, scattering). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

분산. (various references)

   

Manx

  

skeayl, scaalhean (broadcast, distribution, rout, scattering). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ispersionday.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

dispersão (broadcast, dispersal, disperse, dissipation, leakage). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

dispersare (break up, decomposition, dispersal), rãspândire (broadcast, diffusion, emission, permeation, prevalence, spread, spreading). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

дисперсия. (various references)

   

Scottish

  

sg nraich (affright so as to cause dispersion), sg nradh (a scare, surprise or fright causing dispersion). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

disperzija, dekoncentracija, raspršivanje. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

dispersión (breakup, dispersal, dissipation, pattern, scatter, scattering). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

spridning (circulation, cirkulation, currency, deployment, diffusion, dispersal, distribution, passage, proliferation), dispersion (deflocculation). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

dağıtım (circulation, deploy, dispensation, dispersal, distributing, distribution, distributive, dividing, division, handling, repartition), dağınıklık (clutter, cock up, diffusiveness, disarrangement, disarray, disorganization, litter, untidiness, waywardness), dağılma (breakup, creepage, diffusibility, diffusion, disbandment, disintegration, dispersal, dissolution, distribution, sprawl, spread, tapping), dağılım (distribution), yahudilerin sürgün sonrası dağılmaları. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

розсівання, знищення (abolishment, abolition, annulment, defeasance, demolition, extermination, extirpation, holocaust, obliteration, undoing), поширення (amplification, circulation, diffusion, dispersal, distribution, occurrence, outspread, pervasion, prevalence, prevalency, proliferation, promulgation, propagation, spread, spreading). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự tan tác sự rải rác (dispersal), sự l m tản mạn, sự l m tan tác (dispersal), sự gieo vãi sự gieo rắc (dispersal), sự giải tán (discharge, dispersal), độ phân tán. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

gwasgar. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Dispersion

Derivations

Words beginning with "dispersion": dispersions. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Dispersion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dipertuan, disherison, dispension, Disprin, dispurtion, disterision, Isparion, Misperton. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Dispersion"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "dispersion" (pronounced di'sper"zhun)
6-s p er" zh u naspersion.
4-er" zh u naversion, conversion, diversion, excursion, immersion, incursion, inversion, perversion, reversion, submersion, subversion, version.
3-zh u nabrasion, allusion, circumcision, cohesion, collision, collusion, conclusion, confusion, contusion, corrosion, decision, delusion, derision, diffusion, disillusion, division, envision, equation, erosion, evasion, excision, exclusion, explosion, extrusion, fusion, illusion, implosion, incision, inclusion, indecision, infusion, intrusion, invasion, lesion, misprision, occasion, occlusion, persuasion, precision, preclusion, profusion, provision, recision, rescission, revision, seclusion, suasion, subdivision, supervision, television, transfusion, vision.

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Anagrams: Dispersion

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-i-i-n-o-p-r-s-s"

-1 letter: derisions, indispose, ironsides, presidios, resinoids.

-2 letters: derision, disposer, dopiness, dropsies, indorses, insiders, inspired, inspires, ironside, presidio, prisoned, resinoid, responds, ripienos, ropiness, sidespin, sordines.

-3 letters: dineros, dispose, dossier, indorse, insider, insides, inspire, iodines, iodises, ionised, ionises, ironies, isospin, noisier, ordines, orpines, periods, persons, pinders, pissoir, poisers, ponders, prisons, prissed, prossie, respond, ripieno, rosined, seniors.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-i-i-n-o-p-r-s-s"
 

+1 letter: dispersions, redisposing.

 

+2 letters: descriptions, preadmission, predisposing.

 

+3 letters: nondispersive, periodontists, preadmissions, predigestions, redisposition, serendipitous.

 

+4 letters: antidepression, dispensatories, endoparasitism, misdescription, perfidiousness, predisposition, prodigiousness, redescriptions, redispositions, superadditions, urediniospores.

 

+5 letters: antidepressions, endoparasitisms, misdescriptions, predestinations, predispositions, repudiationists, serendipitously, superinductions.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Derived from
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Derivations
13. Rhymes
14. Anagrams
15. Bibliography


  

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