Dispersion

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act or process of dispersing.
  • noun. The state of being dispersed.
  • noun. The Diaspora of the Jews.
  • noun. The degree of scatter of data, usually about an average value, such as the median.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Separation of a complex wave into its component parts according to a given characteristic, such as frequency or wavelength.
  • noun. Separation of visible light into colors by refraction or diffraction.
  • noun. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In physiol, optics, the blurring of the retinal image due to faulty accommodation.
  • noun. In botany, the distribution of seeds and of plants by various means, as by the wind, by birds and animals, etc.
  • noun. The tendency of material particles or bodies, including conscious individuals, to go apart, as from a center; hence, in the phenomena of population, the continual breaking down and dispersing of aggregations, counteracting a tendency toward concentration. See law of *aggregation.
  • noun. The act of dispersing or scattering.
  • noun. The state of being dispersed or scattered abroad: as, the dispersion of the Jews.
  • noun. In optics, the separation of the different colored rays in refraction, arising from their different, wave-lengths.
  • noun. In medicine and surgery, the scattering or removal of inflammation from a part and the restoration of the part to its natural state.
  • noun. In mathematics, the excess of the average value of a function at less than an infinitesimal distance from a point over the value at that point, this excess being divided by 1/10 of the square of the limiting infinitesimal distance.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated
  • noun. The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities.
  • noun. the separation of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different values for the different colors of the spectrum.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state of being dispersed; dispersedness.
  • noun. A process of dispersing.
  • noun. The degree of scatter of data.
  • noun. The separation of visible light by refraction or diffraction.
  • noun. The removal of inflammation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of dispersing or diffusing something
  • noun. the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume
  • noun. spreading widely or driving off
  • Word Usage
    "The particular works of each are manifestations of the general character of his lifework, whether it was of faith and love whereby alone we can please God and escape condemnation. pass -- Greek, "conduct yourselves during." sojourning -- The outward state of the Jews in their dispersion is an emblem of the sojourner-like state of all believers in this world, away from our true Fatherland. fear -- reverential, not slavish."
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