The state of being dispersed; dispersedness. / A process of dispersing. / The degree of scatter of data. / (optics) The separation of visible light by refraction or diffraction.

plural of dispersion

Misspelling of disbursement.

(uncountable) The state of being dispersed, of being a dispersion. / (countable) The extent to which something is dispersed.

In a dispersive way. / With regard to dispersion.

an empirical property of a porous medium that determines the characteristic dispersion of the medium by relating the components of pore velocity to the dispersion coefficient

plural of dispersivity

The quality of being dispersive.

A biogeographical approach based on the idea of organisms being dispersed from their origin to other places.

(transitive, intransitive) To scatter in different directions. / (transitive, intransitive) To break up and disappear; to dissipate. / (transitive, intransitive) To disseminate.