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dispersion
noun
1 dispersion
Spreading widely or driving off.
synonym: scattering.
Roget 44:
disjunction,
disconnection,
disunity,
disunion,
disassociation,
disengagement;
discontinuity
etc.
70;
abjunction†;
cataclasm†;
inconnection†;
abstraction,
abstractedness;
isolation;
insularity,
insulation;
oasis;
island;
separateness
etc.
adj.;
severalty;
disjecta membra [Lat.];
dispersion
etc.
73;
apportionment
etc.
786.
separation;
parting
etc.
v.;
circumcision;
detachment,
segregation;
divorce,
sejunction†,
seposition†,
diduction†,
diremption†,
discerption†;
elision;
caesura,
break,
fracture,
division,
subdivision,
rupture;
compartition†;
dismemberment,
dislocation;
luxation†;
severance,
disseverance;
scission;
rescission,
abscission;
laceration,
dilaceration†;
disruption,
abruption†;
avulsion†,
divulsion†;
section,
resection,
cleavage;
fission;
partibility†,
separability.
fissure,
breach,
rent,
split,
rift,
crack,
slit,
incision.
dissection anatomy;
decomposition
etc.
49;
cutting instrument
etc.
(sharpness)
253;
buzzsaw,
circular saw,
rip saw.
separatist.
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Roget 49:
decomposition,
analysis,
dissection,
resolution,
catalysis,
dissolution;
corruption
etc.
(uncleanness)
653;
dispersion
etc.
73;
disjunction
etc.
44;
disintegration.
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Roget 196:
distance;
space
etc.
180;
remoteness,
farness†,
far-cry to;
longinquity†,
elongation;
offing,
background;
remote region;
removedness†;
parallax;
reach,
span,
stride.
outpost,
outskirt;
horizon;
aphelion;
foreign parts,
ultima Thule [Lat.],
ne plus ultra [Lat.],
antipodes;
long range,
giant's stride.
dispersion
etc.
73.
[units of distance]
length
etc.
200.
cosmic distance,
light-years.
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Roget 270:
transfer,
transference;
translocation,
elocation†;
displacement;
metastasis,
metathesis;
removal;
remotion†,
amotion†;
relegation;
deportation,
asportation†;
extradition,
conveyance,
draft,
carrying,
carriage;
convection,
conduction,
contagion;
transfer
etc.
(of property)
783.
transit,
transition;
passage,
ferry,
gestation;
portage,
porterage†,
carting,
cartage;
shoveling
etc.
v.;
vection†,
vecture†,
vectitation†;
shipment,
freight,
wafture†;
transmission,
transport,
transportation,
importation,
exportation,
transumption†,
transplantation,
translation;
shifting,
dodging;
dispersion
etc.
73;
transposition
etc.
(interchange)
148;
traction
etc.
285.
[Thing transferred]
drift.
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Roget 291:
divergence,
divergency†;
divarication,
ramification,
forking;
radiation;
separation
etc.
(disjunction)
44;
dispersion
etc.
73;
deviation
etc.
279;
aberration.
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Roget 420:
light,
ray,
beam,
stream,
gleam,
streak,
pencil;
sunbeam,
moonbeam;
aurora.
day;
sunshine;
light of day,
light of heaven;
moonlight,
starlight,
sunlight
etc.
(luminary)
432;
daylight,
broad daylight,
noontide light;
noontide,
noonday,
noonday sun.
glow
etc.
v.;
glimmering
etc.
v.;
glint;
play of light,
flood of light;
phosphorescence,
lambent flame.
flush,
halo,
glory,
nimbus,
aureola.
spark,
scintilla;
facula;
sparkling
etc.
v.;
emication†,
scintillation,
flash,
blaze,
coruscation,
fulguration†;
flame
etc.
(fire)
382;
lightning,
levin†,
ignis fatuus [Lat.],
etc.
(luminary)
423.
luster,
sheen,
shimmer,
reflexion [Brit.],
reflection;
gloss,
tinsel,
spangle,
brightness,
brilliancy,
splendor;
effulgence,
refulgence;
fulgor†,
fulgidity†;
dazzlement†,
resplendence,
transplendency†;
luminousness
etc.
adj.;
luminosity;
lucidity;
renitency†,
nitency†;
radiance,
radiation;
irradiation,
illumination.
actinic rays,
actinism;
Roentgen-ray,
Xray;
photography,
heliography;
photometer
etc.
445.
[Science of light]
optics;
photology†,
photometry;
dioptrics†,
catoptrics†.
[Distribution of light]
chiaroscuro,
clairobscur†,
clear obscure,
breadth,
light and shade,
black and white,
tonality.
reflection,
refraction,
dispersion;
refractivity.
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Roget 638:
consumption,
expenditure,
exhaustion;
dispersion
etc.
73;
ebb;
leakage
etc.
(exudation)
295;
loss
etc.
776;
wear and tear;
waste;
prodigality
etc.
818;
misuse
etc.
679;
wasting
etc.
v.;
rubbish
etc.
(useless)
645.
mountain in labor.
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Polish: rozpełźnięcie się
2 dispersion
The spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume.
synonym: distribution.
3 dispersion
The act of dispersing or diffusing something:
— The dispersion of the troops.
synonyms: diffusion, dispersal, dissemination.
Roget 73:
dispersion;
disjunction
etc.
44;
divergence
etc.
291;
aspersion;
scattering
etc.
v.;
dissemination,
diffusion,
dissipation,
distribution;
apportionment
etc.
786;
spread,
respersion†,
circumfusion†,
interspersion,
spargefaction†;
affusion†.
waifs and estrays†,
flotsam and jetsam,
disjecta membra [Lat.],
[Horace];
waveson†.
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Dutch: spreiding
Moby thesaurus: addition, adjunct, administration, aggrandizement, aloofness, ampliation, amplification, anarchy, augmentation, blackout, blocking, breakup, broadening, chaos, confusion, crescendo, deactivation, deflection, deflexure, dematerialization, demobilization, departure, deployment, detachment, diaspora, diffraction, diffusion, disappearance, disappearing, disbandment, disbursal, disbursement, discontinuity, discreteness, disintegration, disjunction, dislocation, dismissal, disorder, disorganization, dispensation, dispersal, disposal, disposition, dissipation, dissolution, dissolving, distortion, distribution, dole, doling, doling out, eclipse, elimination, emanation, enlargement, entropy, erasure, evanescence, evaporation, expansion, extension, extinction, fadeaway, fadeout, fading, fanning out, flare, flection, flexure, giving out, going, hiking, incoherence, inconsistency, increase, issuance, magnification, melting, nonadhesion, noncohesion, occultation, parting, passing, passing around, paying out, radiance, radiation, radius, raising, ray, refraction, release, scatter, scattering, separateness, separation, skewness, splay, split-up, spoke, spread, spreading, torsion, unadherence, unadhesiveness, untenacity, upping, vanishing, vanishing point, widening, wipe ... show more.
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