Associations to the word «Dispersion»

Wiktionary

DISPERSION, noun. The state of being dispersed; dispersedness.
DISPERSION, noun. A process of dispersing.
DISPERSION, noun. The degree of scatter of data.
DISPERSION, noun. (optics) The separation of visible light by refraction or diffraction.
DISPERSION, noun. (medicine) The removal of inflammation.

Dictionary definition

DISPERSION, noun. Spreading widely or driving off.
DISPERSION, noun. The spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume; "worldwide in distribution"; "the distribution of nerve fibers"; "in complementary distribution".
DISPERSION, noun. The act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge".

Wise words

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery