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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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   The meaning of DISPERSE is to cause to break up. How to use disperse in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Disperse.

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   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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   Because the town sits in a valley, air pollution is not easily dispersed. [ VERB noun ] Synonyms: scatter , spread , distribute , circulate More Synonyms of disperse

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   Disperse definition: to drive or send off in various directions; scatter. See examples of DISPERSE used in a sentence.

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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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   DISPERSE meaning: 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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   disperse - to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

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   [transitive, intransitive] disperse (something) to spread or to make something spread over a wide area synonym scatter. The seeds are dispersed by the wind.

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    At a further stage of their growth the particles disperse in the perpendicular direction a light which is no longer fully polarized.

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    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.