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an act or process in which something scatters or is scattered
the dispersion of energy from a source
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Recent Examples of dispersion
Its optical construction includes 14 elements in 11 groups, with extra-low dispersion glass and aspherical elements to minimize chromatic aberration and distortion.
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Harry Bennett, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
For example, vaccine distribution involves intricate logistics and cold storage planning, strict safety and compliance requirements and optimizing for both consolidation (such as co-locating compatible products) and dispersion (like geographic and weather risks).
—Michael Amori, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
An algorithm then divides the image into sections, counts the white pixels in each section, and uses that data to calculate a score index of dispersion.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2025
Yan believes that fine-tuning nanowires this way can lead to a previously unseen ability to control their electronic properties, including their band gap, dispersion, and how the electrons transfer through their structure.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2017
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Harry Bennett, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
For example, vaccine distribution involves intricate logistics and cold storage planning, strict safety and compliance requirements and optimizing for both consolidation (such as co-locating compatible products) and dispersion (like geographic and weather risks).
—Michael Amori, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
An algorithm then divides the image into sections, counts the white pixels in each section, and uses that data to calculate a score index of dispersion.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2025
Yan believes that fine-tuning nanowires this way can lead to a previously unseen ability to control their electronic properties, including their band gap, dispersion, and how the electrons transfer through their structure.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispersion
Noun
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Ultimately, 12 adults and two juveniles were arrested by the LAPD for failing to comply with dispersal orders, CBS Los Angeles reported.—
Madeline Armstrong,
Oc Register,
18 Oct. 2025
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Police can order a protest to disperse if there is a clear danger of riot, disorder, or threat to public safety, but must give clear dispersal orders.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Very little has changed, a voice-over says, in the sixteen years between the scattering of the French 75 and Bob and Willa’s confrontation with military violence in Baktan Cross.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2025
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Light scattering is the same process that makes the sky blue on Earth.—
Samuel Badman,
The Conversation,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Dispersion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispersion. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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