dispersion

 

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From Middle English dispersioun, from Old French dispersion, from Latin dispersiō.

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /dɪˈspɜːʒən/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /dɪˈspɝʒən/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən

dispersion (countable and uncountable, plural dispersions)

1. The state of being dispersed; dispersedness.
2. A process of dispersing.
3. The degree of scatter of data.
4. (optics) The separation of visible light by refraction or diffraction.
5. (medicine) The removal of inflammation.

• dispersal, dispersivity

• Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 131

• pieds noirs

dispersion c (singular definite dispersionen, plural indefinite dispersioner)

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• “dispersion” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /dis.pɛʁ.sjɔ̃/

dispersion f (plural dispersions)

1. dispersion

• “dispersion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.