NOUN | event | dispersion, scattering | spreading widely or driving off |
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attribute | dispersion, distribution | the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume | |
act | dispersion, dispersal, dissemination, diffusion | the act of dispersing / dispersing or diffusing something |
Sounds | dihsper'zhahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | Spreading widely or driving off. | |
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Synonym | scattering | |
Narrower | Diaspora | The dispersion of the Jews outside Israel |
dissipation | Breaking up and scattering by dispersion | |
Broader | spread, spreading | Process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space |
Spanish | dispersión | |
Catalan | dispersió | |
Verbs | disperse | move away from each other |
Meaning | The spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume. | |
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Synonym | distribution | |
Narrower | complementary distribution, complementation | (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts |
diaspora | The dispersion or spreading of something that was originally / originally localized (as a people or language or culture) | |
dissemination, diffusion | The property of being diffused or dispersed | |
innervation | The distribution of nerve fibers to an organ or body region | |
scatter, spread | A haphazard distribution in all directions | |
Broader | spacing, spatial arrangement | The property possessed by an array of things that have space between them |
Opposite | concentration, density, denseness, tightness, compactness | The spatial property of being crowded together |
Spanish | dispersión, distribución, ubicación | |
Catalan | ubicació |
Meaning | The act of dispersing / dispersing or diffusing something. | |
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Example | "the dispersion of the troops" | |
Synonyms | dispersal, dissemination, diffusion | |
Narrower | crop-dusting, spraying | The dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft) |
Broader | spread, spreading | Act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time |
Spanish | diáspora, diseminación, disgregación, dispersión | |
Catalan | disgregació, dispersió, disseminació | |
Verbs | disperse | cause to become widely known |
disperse | to cause to separate and go in different directions |
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