English Explanatory Dictionary

dispersion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state of being dispersed.
  2. A process of dispersing.
  3. The degree of scatter of data.
  4. The separation of waves of different frequency in space or time; the amount of such separation.
  5. The removal of inflammation.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈspɜːʒən/ /dɪˈspɝʒən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-dispersion.wav /dəˈspøːʒən/

Word forms

dispersion dispersions

Etymology

From disperse + -ion, from Middle English dispersioun, from Old French dispersion, from Latin dispersiō.

Synonyms

dispersedness dispersal

Related words

interspersion

Derived words

antidispersion biodispersion dedispersion dispersionless electrodispersion equidispersion hyperdispersion hypodispersion isodispersion London dispersion force macrodispersion magnetodispersion microdispersion nanodispersion nondispersion optical rotatory dispersion overdispersion pigment dispersion syndrome polydispersion redispersion thermodispersion underdispersion velocity dispersion
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