dispersion
noun /dɪˈspɜːʃn/
/dɪˈspɜːrʒn/
[uncountable] (specialist)- the process by which people or things are spread over a wide area
- population dispersion
- the dispersion of light
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin dispersio(n-), from Latin dispergere, from dis- ‘widely’ + spargere ‘scatter, strew’.