dispersion
nounEtymology
From disperse + -ion, from Middle English dispersioun, from Old French dispersion, from Latin dispersiō.
- derived from dispersiō
- derived from dispersion
- inherited from dispersioun
Definitions
The state of being dispersed.
A process of dispersing.
The degree of scatter of data.
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The separation of waves of different frequency in space or time
The separation of waves of different frequency in space or time; the amount of such separation.
The removal of inflammation.
The neighborhood
- neighborinterspersion
Derived
antidispersion, biodispersion, dedispersion, dispersionless, electrodispersion, equidispersion, hyperdispersion, hypodispersion, isodispersion, London dispersion force, macrodispersion, magnetodispersion, microdispersion, nanodispersion, nondispersion, optical rotatory dispersion, overdispersion, pigment dispersion syndrome, polydispersion, redispersion, thermodispersion, underdispersion, velocity dispersion
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at dispersion. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at dispersion. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at dispersion
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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