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Definition: Dispersive |
DispersiveAdjective1. Spreading by diffusion. 2. Tending to disperse. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dispersive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1910. (references) |
Synonyms: DispersiveSynonyms: diffusing(a) (adj), diffusive (adj), disseminating (adj), disseminative (adj), distributive (adj), scattering (adj), spreading (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Dispersive |
| English words defined with "dispersive": Achromatic lens ♦ Dispersive power. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "dispersive": dispersive medium ♦ energy dispersive analysis with X-rays, energy dispersive spectroscopy ♦ velocity of propagation. (references) |
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| "Dispersive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dispersive" is used about 14 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 14 | 93,893 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "dispersive": dispersive medium ♦ Dispersive power ♦ energy dispersive spectroscopy. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "dispersive": non-dispersive. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dispersive mattson nir spectral | 2 |
dispersive energy ray spectroscopy x | 2 |
energy dispersive spectroscopy | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dispersive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shpërndarës (distributive, distributor, spreader, Tranter), shpërhapës. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متبدد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | който разсейва, който разпръсква, който разпилява. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 分散性. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rozptylovací. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | dispersivt medium (dispersive medium), dispersiv polarimetrisk signatur (dispersive polarimetric signature), dispersionsler (dispersive clay), tank mellem stempelstrømnings-og totalopblandingstank (dispersive mixing reactor), spredende medium (dispersive medium), lysspredende egenskaber (dispersive power, dispersive properties), energidispersiv spektroskopi (energy dispersive spectroscopy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | dispersiekleppenreactor (dispersive mixing reactor), dispersief medium (dispersive medium), schiftend medium (dispersive medium), lichtdispersie-eigenschappen (dispersive power, dispersive properties), klei in suspensie (dispersive clay), frequentieschiftende polarimetrische signatuur (dispersive polarimetric signature), frequentieschiftend medium (dispersive medium), energie-dispersieve Roentgenspectroscopie (energy dispersive spectroscopy by X-rays), energiedispersieve roentgenspectroscopie (energy dispersive spectroscopy by X-rays), energie-dispersieve Roentgenanalyse (energy dispersive analysis by X-rays, XRDA), energiedispersieve roentgenanalyse (energy dispersive analysis by X-rays, XRDA). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | dispersiosavi (dispersive clay), dispergoiva väliaine (dispersive medium), tulppavirtausreaktori (dispersive mixing reactor), röntgendispersiospektroskopia (energy dispersive spectroscopy by X-rays), röntgendispersioanalyysi (energy dispersive analysis by X-rays, X-ray dispersive analysis, XRDA), ED-spektroskopia (energy dispersive spectroscopy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dispersif. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zerstreuende. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ιδιότητες διασκορπισμού και διασποράς (dispersive power, dispersive properties), μέσο σκέδασης (dispersive medium), μέσο διασποράς (dispersive medium), υπογραφή πολωσιμετρίας διασποράς (dispersive polarimetric signature), φασματομετρία με διασπορά ενέργειας (energy dispersive spectroscopy), αντιδραστήρας που συνδυάζει πλήρη ανάμειξη και εμβολοειδή ροή (dispersive mixing reactor), διαβρώσιμη άργιλος (dispersive clay), Φασματοσκοπία διασκορπισμένης ενέργειας με ακτίνες X (energy dispersive spectroscopy by X-rays), Aνάλυση διασκορπισμού της ενεργείας με ακτίνες X (energy dispersive analysis by X-rays, X-ray dispersive analysis, XRDA). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szétszóró. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | XRDA (energy dispersive analysis by X-rays, X-ray dispersive analysis, XRDA), spettroscopia X a dispersione di energia (energy dispersive spectroscopy by X-rays), propriet dispersive (dispersive power, dispersive properties), mezzo dispersivo (dispersive medium), mezzo disperdente (dispersive medium), firma polarimetrica dispersiva (dispersive polarimetric signature), EDS (egg-drop syndrom, egg-drop syndrome, energy dispersive spectroscopy by X-rays), argilla deflocculata (dispersive clay), argilla a struttura dispersa (dispersive clay), analisi ai raggi per dispersione di energia (energy dispersive analysis by X-rays, X-ray dispersive analysis, XRDA). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ispersiveday dispersão (broadcast, disperse, dissipation, leakage). (various references) разбрасывающий. (various references) disperzivan. (various references) dispersivo. (various references) spridande (proliferous), skingrande (dissipation). (various references) dağıtıcı (deliveryman, distributer, distributor, peddler, pedlar, runner, spreader). (various references) дисперсний. (various references) l m tản mạn, l m tan tác phân tán; rải rác. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dispersive": dispersively, dispersiveness, dispersivenesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "dispersive": nondispersive. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dispersive" (pronounced di'sper"siv) |
| 4 | -er" s i v | aversive, coercive, discursive, subversive. |
| 3 | -s i v | abrasive, abusive, adhesive, aggressive, allusive, apprehensive, cohesive, collusive, comprehensive, compulsive, conclusive, conducive, convulsive, corrosive, counteroffensive, decisive, defensive, depressive, derisive, dismissive, divisive, effusive, elusive, erosive, evasive, excessive, exclusive, expansive, expensive, explosive, expressive, extensive, hypertensive, illusive, impassive, impressive, impulsive, incisive, inclusive, inconclusive, indecisive, inexpensive, inoffensive, intrusive, invasive, massive, missive, nonexclusive, nonresponsive, obsessive, obtrusive, offensive, oppressive, passive, pensive, permissive, persuasive, pervasive, possessive, progressive, recessive, reclusive, reflexive, regressive, repressive, repulsive, responsive, submissive, successive, unimpressive, unobtrusive, unresponsive. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-i-p-r-s-s-v" | |
-2 letters: deprives, derisive, despiser, devisers, dieresis, disperse, disserve, dissever, presides, prevised, previses. | |
-3 letters: depress, deprive, derives, desires, despise, deviser, devises, diverse, predive, preside, pressed, previse, prissed, privies, resides, revised, revises, speired, spiders, spiered, vespers, vespids. | |
-4 letters: derive, desire, devise, dieses, diesis, divers, drives, eiders, espied, espies, irides, irised, irises, peised, peises, perdie, perses, pissed. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-i-p-r-s-s-v" | |
+2 letters: dispersively. | |
+3 letters: nondispersive. | |
+4 letters: dispersiveness, disruptiveness, prediscoveries. | |
+5 letters: descriptiveness, postdivestiture. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01110000 01100101 01110010 01110011 01101001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s p e r s i v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0070 0065 0072 0073 0069 0076 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38758582718485758871 |
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