interspersionn.
/ɪntəˈspəːʃən/ The action of interspersing or condition of being interspersed; dispersion among other things; an intermingling here and there.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > scattering among other things
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chequeringa1661
interspersal1893
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Interspersion, a sprinkling or scattering between.
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. ii. §15 The ground of divisibility of bodyes is the interspersion of a disseminated Vacuum.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 387. ¶13 This Interspersion of Evil with Good, and Pain with Pleasure, in the Works of Nature, is very truly ascrib'd by Mr. Lock..to a Moral Reason.
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 132 The interspersion of a few crystals..of felspar or felsite.
1865 E. Burritt Walk to Land's End 409 A picturesque interspersion of church towers, villages, hamlets, and the half-revealed faces of stately mansions.
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