dispersion
nounUK /dɪˈspɜːʒən/ · CA, US /dɪˈspɝʒən/
Etymology From disperse + -ion, from Middle English dispersioun, from Old French dispersion, from Latin dispersiō.
1
The state of being dispersed.
2
A process of dispersing.
3
The degree of scatter of data.
4
Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The separation of waves of different frequency in space or time; the amount of such separation.
5
Medicine, Sciences The removal of inflammation.
- Derived terms
- antidispersion, biodispersion, dedispersion, dispersionless, electrodispersion, equidispersion, hyperdispersion, hypodispersion, isodispersion, London dispersion force, macrodispersion, magnetodispersion, microdispersion, nanodispersion, nondispersion, optical rotatory dispersion, overdispersion, pigment dispersion syndrome, polydispersion, redispersion, thermodispersion, underdispersion, velocity dispersion
- Related terms
- interspersion