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   disperse

   /dɪˈspəːs/

   verb

   • 1. distribute or spread over a wide area: "storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes" Similar scatterdisseminatedistributespreadbroadcastdiffusestrewsowsprinklepepperliterary:bestrewbesprinkleOpposite gather
   • ▪ go or cause to go in different directions: "the crowd dispersed" Similar break upsplit updisbandseparatescatterleavego their separate waysgo in different directionsdispeldrive awaydrive offchase awayput to flightbanishget rid ofrare:disuniteOpposite assemble
   • ▪ (with reference to gas, smoke, mist, or cloud) thin out or cause to thin out and disappear: "the earlier mist had dispersed" Similar dissipatebe dispelledthin outdissolvemelt awayfade awayvanishdisappearclearliftrise
   • ▪ divide (light) into constituents of different wavelengths: "the ability of a material to disperse light by refraction"

   adjective

   • 1. denoting a phase dispersed in another phase, as in a colloid: "emulsions should be examined after storage for droplet size of the disperse phase"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin dispers- ‘scattered’, from the verb dispergere, from dis- ‘widely’ + spargere ‘scatter, strew’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. disperser noun
   • 2. dispersible adjective
   • 3. dispersive adjective

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   What does it mean when someone disperses?

   • 1. When something disperses or when you disperse it, it spreads over a wide area. [...] 2. When a group of people disperses or when someone disperses them, the group splits up and the people leave in different directions. [...] present simple: I disperse, you disperse [...] past simple: I dispersed, you dispersed [...]

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   What does disperse mean in chemistry?

   • , dis·persed, dis·pers·ing. to disperse a crowd. to disperse knowledge. The wind dispersed the fog. Physical Chemistry. to cause (particles) to separate uniformly throughout a solid, liquid, or gas. Optics. to subject (light) to dispersion.

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   What does dispersion mean?

   • 1. to drive or send off in various directions; scatter. 2. to spread widely; disseminate. 3. to dispel; cause to vanish: The wind dispersed the fog. 4. to cause (particles) to separate uniformly throughout a solid, liquid, or gas. 5. to subject (light) to dispersion.

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   What does spread mean?

   • Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! DISPERSE definition: 1. to spread across or move away over a large area, or to make something do this: 2. to spread…. Learn more.

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   What is the difference between disperse and scatter?

   • scatter implies a force that drives parts or units irregularly in many directions. disperse implies a wider separation and a complete breaking up of a mass or group. dissipate stresses complete disintegration or dissolution and final disappearance. dispel stresses a driving away or getting rid of as if by scattering.

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   What does dispel mean?

   • dispel stresses a driving away or getting rid of as if by scattering. Recent Examples on the Web The literal ton of meth, which was intended to be dispersed around the Southeast of the country, is no longer a threat to the community according to DEA officials.

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   1. a. : to cause to break up (see break up sense 1a) police dispersed the crowd. b. : to cause to become spread widely. disperse the troops. c. : to cause to evaporate or vanish. sunlight dispersing the mist. 2. : to spread or distribute from a fixed or constant source: such as. archaic : disseminate. disperse the news. b.

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   verb (used without object) , dis·persed, dis·pers·ing. to separate and move apart in different directions without order or regularity; become scattered: The crowd dispersed. to be dispelled; be scattered out of sight; vanish: The smoke dispersed into the sky. Synonyms: evanesce, disappear.

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   Disperse is to spread out people or things, making them move in different directions. Imagine yourself standing on a basketball court holding a cup packed tight with marbles. If you turn it over, the marbles will disperse across the floor, moving away from you in all directions.

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   Definitions of 'disperse'. 1. When something disperses or when you disperse it, it spreads over a wide area. [...] 2. When a group of people disperses or when someone disperses them, the group splits up and the people leave in different directions. [...]

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   1. a. To drive off or scatter in different directions: The police dispersed the crowd. See Synonyms at scatter. b. To strew or distribute widely: The airplane dispersed the leaflets over the city. 2. To cause to attenuate and disappear: The sun dispersed the fog. 3. a. To separate (light) into spectral rays. b.