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Definition of dispersion
1 capitalized, Judaism : diaspora 1a
2 : the act or process of dispersing : the state of being dispersed crowd dispersion
3 mathematics : the scattering of the values of a frequency distribution from an average
4 physics : the separation of light into colors by refraction or diffraction with formation of a spectrum; also : the separation of radiation (see radiation 2) into components in accordance with some varying characteristic (such as energy)
5 chemistry a : a dispersed (see disperse 2c) substanceb : a system (see system 1a(2)) consisting of a dispersed substance and the medium in which it is dispersed : colloid 2b
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Examples of dispersion in a Sentence
the dispersion of energy from a source
Recent Examples of dispersion from the Web
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Amazon is focused on dispersion, using technology to bring goods to market without gathering people.
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The findings also allowed scientists to probe the limits of Einstein's theory of general relativity further by looking to see whether the gravitational waves underwent dispersion –
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Even Goldman Sachs has proclaimed the current market conditions — notably rising return dispersion — as a potential boon to skillful stock pickers.
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Dispersion, measuring the standard deviation of one-day returns for S&P 500 industry groups, surged on Wednesday to the highest since 2008, according to Macro Risk Advisors.
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Suddenly a pang of longing for chromatic dispersion can overcome you when a designer like Donatella Versace does something as simple as send out a few handsome lugs wearing enormous coats and big wooly sweaters in colors like lilac or baby blue.
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Even with the latest demonstration of alignment techniques, there is still some angular dispersion, points out Dwyer.
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Origin and Etymology of dispersion
see disperse
Medical Dictionary
dispersion
playMedical Definition of dispersion
1: the act or process of dispersing : the state of being dispersed
2: the separation of light into colors by refraction or diffraction with formation of a spectrum; also : the separation of radiation into components in accordance with some varying characteristic (as energy)
3a: a dispersed substanceb: a system consisting of a dispersed substance and the medium in which it is dispersed : colloid 2b—called also disperse system
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