dispersion
pronunciation
How to pronounce dispersion in British English:
UK [dɪˈspɜːʃn]
How to pronounce dispersion in American English:
US [dɪˈspɜːrʒn]
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- Noun:
- spreading widely or driving off
- the spatial property of being scattered about over an area or volume
- the act of dispersing or diffusing something
Word Origin
- dispersion (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French dispersion (13c.), from Latin dispersionem (nominative dispersio) "a scattering," noun of action from past participle stem of dispergere (see disperse).
Example
- 1. But the higher dispersion of male earnings is even more important .
- 2. But greater dispersion of assets and liabilities demands unprecedented international co-operation .
- 3. Optimists reckon the dispersion makes sense .
- 4. As a tsunami gets close to shore a lot of non-linear stuff starts to happen to the waves , which means dispersion and diffraction .
- 5. The optimistic view that the level of risk in the system could be offset by dispersion was wiped out by the crisis .