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dispersion
Dispersion is defined as the breaking up or scattering of something.
(noun)- An example of a dispersion is throwing little pieces of paper all over a floor.
- An example of a dispersion is the colored rays of light coming from a prism which has been hung in a sunny window.
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See dispersion in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a dispersing or being dispersed
- the breaking up of light into component colored rays, as by means of a prism
- the resolution of a complex electromagnetic radiation into components in accordance with some characteristic, as wavelength or energy
- the variation or scattering of data around some average or central value
- a colloidal system with its dispersed particles and the medium in which these are suspended
- Diaspora (sense )
Origin: ME dispersioun < OFr dispersion < L dispersio
See dispersion in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. The act or process of dispersing.b. The state of being dispersed.
- Dispersion The Diaspora of the Jews.
- Statistics The degree of scatter of data, usually about an average value, such as the median.
- Physics a. Separation of a complex wave into its component parts according to a given characteristic, such as frequency or wavelength.b. Separation of visible light into colors by refraction or diffraction.
- Chemistry See disperse system.
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