Dis|per|sion

Dis|per|sion
dis|per|sion «dihs PUR zhuhn, -shuhn», .
1. a dispersing: »

Dispersion is the only real answer to atomic attack (New York Times).

2. a being dispersed.
3. Physics. a) the separation of light into its different colors. b) a similar separation of electromagnetic waves, etc. c) the difference between the deviations of any two wave lengths passing through and refracted by a prism, because of the different amounts of refraction for rays of different wave length.
4. Chemistry. a) a substance that has been dispersed. b) the system consisting of the dispersed colloidal particles and the medium in which they are dispersed.
5. Military. the scattered fall of missiles fired from a gun or guns set at the same range or of bombs dropped under identical conditions.
6. Statistics. the difference in size in the values of a variable or variables.
Dis|per|sion «dihs PUR zhuhn, -shuhn», noun.
= Diaspora. (Cf. ↑Diaspora)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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