disperse /dis-pûrsˈ/

1. To scatter in all directions
2. To spread
3. To diffuse
4. To drive asunder
5. To cause to vanish, to dissipate
6. To suspend (particles) in a medium so as to form a colloid (physics)
7. To break up (white light) into the colours of the spectrum (physics)

1. To separate
2. To spread widely
3. To vanish

dispersˈal noun

1. Dispersion
2. Distribution
3. The spread of a species to new areas

dispersˈant noun

A substance causing dispersion

dispersˈedly adverb

dispersˈedness noun

dispersˈer noun

dispersion /dis-pûrˈshən/ noun

1. A scattering, or state or process of being scattered
2. The removal of inflammation (medicine)
3. The dependence of wave velocity in a given medium on the frequency of wave motion, which enables a prism to form a spectrum (physics)
4. The range of deviation of values of a variable from the average (statistics)
5. The state of a finely divided colloid
6. A substance in that state
7. The diaspora

dispersˈive adjective

Tending or serving to disperse

dispersˈoid noun

A substance in a state of dispersion (also disperse phase)

dispersal prison noun

A prison designed to accommodate a certain number of particularly dangerous or high-risk prisoners in addition to other categories of detainees

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