[1620–30; disperse + -ive]This word is first recorded in the period 1620–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: clinic, contact, hotbed, midshipman, settlement-ive is a suffix of adjectives (and nouns of adjectival origin) expressing tendency, disposition,function, connection, etc. Other words that use the affix -ive include: corrective, destructive, detective, passive, sportive
Examples of 'dispersive' in a sentence
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The standard central and dispersive parameters of all variables were calculated.
Velisa Vukasevic, Marina Vukotic, Bojan Masanovic 2018, 'Comparative Study of Morphological Characteristics and Body Composition between BasketballPlayers from Second Leagues in Montenegro and Serbia', Journal of Anthropology of Sport and Physical Educationhttp://www.jaspe.ac.me/clanci/JASPE_July_2018_Vukasevic_21-25.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Energy dispersive spectroscopy was used to confirm the presence of elemental silver.
AlSalhi MS, Devanesan S, Alfuraydi AA, Vishnubalaji R, Munusamy MA, Murugan K, NicolettiM, Benelli G 2016, 'Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Pimpinella anisum seeds: antimicrobialactivity and cytotoxicity on human neonatal skin stromal cells and colon cancer cells',International Journal of Nanomedicinehttps://www.dovepress.com/green-synthesis-of-silver-nanoparticles-using-pimpinella-anisum-seeds--peer-reviewed-article-IJN. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Chemical analysis of the investigated steel components was done using the energy–dispersive spectrometer.
Nada Štrbac, Ivana Marković, Aleksandra Mitovski, Ljubiša Balanović, Dragana Živković,Vesna Grekulović 2017, 'The possibilities for reuse of steel scrap in order to obtain blades for knives',Revista de Metalurgiahttp://revistademetalurgia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/revistademetalurgia/article/view/1401. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The carbides in the fine grain samples are fine and dispersive.
Zi-qi Jie, Jun Zhang, Tai-wen Huang 2016, 'Effects of grain refinement on cast structure and tensile properties of superalloyK4169 at high pouring temperature', China Foundryhttp://ff.foundryworld.com/uploadfile/2016041237096017.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Due to the coupling between different species waves become dispersive.
Istvan Ballai 2019, 'Linear Waves in Partially Ionized Plasmas in Ionization Non-equilibrium', Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Scienceshttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fspas.2019.00039/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Yet they have no obligate dispersive phase in their life-cycle.
Magdalena Blazewicz-Paszkowycz, Roger Bamber, Gary Anderson 2012, 'Diversity of Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) in the World's Oceans – How Far HaveWe Come?', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0033068. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Surface energy can be divided into two components: dispersive and polar or acid-base.
Otero, J. L., Rubio, F., Elvira, M.ª R., Sánchez, M.ª J.,Rubio, J. 2006, 'Superface energy of several construction materials', Materiales de Construccionhttp://materconstrucc.revistas.csic.es/index.php/materconstrucc/article/view/7/6. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
To get a dispersive equation we substitute the time derivative by its symmetric discretization.
Christian Scimiterna, Decio Levi 2010, 'C-Integrability Test for Discrete Equations via Multiple Scale Expansions', Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applicationshttp://dx.doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2010.070. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Adding oil doubled the contact angle value and the dispersive component of the surface tension.
Ewelina Basiak, Martin Geyer, Frédéric Debeaufort, Andrzej Lenart, Manfred Linke 2019, 'Relevance of Interactions between Starch-based Coatings and Plum Fruit Surfaces: APhysical-Chemical Analysis', International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttps://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/9/2220. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)