Disperse

/dɪˈspɜːs/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive, intransitive) To scatter in different directions..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive, intransitive) To scatter in different directions.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To break up and disappear; to dissipate.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To disseminate.
4. (physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
5. (transitive, intransitive) To distribute throughout.
6. Scattered or spread out.

Example Sentences

The Jews are dispersed among all nations.

The lippes of the wiſe diſperſe knowledge: but the heart of the fooliſh, doeth not ſo.

Australia itself is a very wide and very disperse country, where the distance problems significantly affect also the "internal" customer-supplier chains.

In particular, a very crisp quantifier such as “for all,” “there exists,” “at least 50 percent” tend to have less disperse weighting vectors while fuzzier quantifiers such as many tend to have a more disperse weighting vector.

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Word Forms

• disperses
• dispersing
• dispersed
• more disperse
• most disperse

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