dispersion

See also Dispersion, and dispersión

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈspɜː(ɹ)ʒən/

  Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ʃən, -ɜː(r)ʒən

Noun

dispersion (plural dispersions)

1. The state of being dispersed; dispersedness.
2. A process of dispersing.
3. The degree of scatter of data.
4. (optics) The separation of visible light by refraction or diffraction.
5. (medicine) The removal of inflammation.

Related terms

• dispersivity

Translations

state

• Bulgarian: разхвърляност, разпиляност
• Finnish: hajaannus (fi)

• German: Verteilung (de) f
• Greek: διασπορά (el) (diasporá) f, σκόρπισμα (el) (skórpisma) n
• Russian: рассеянность (ru) (rassejannostʹ) f, разбросанность (ru) (razbrosannostʹ) f

process

• Bulgarian: разпръскване, разпиляване
• Czech: disperze (cs) f
• Finnish: hajonta (fi)
• Greek: διασπορά (el) (diasporá) f, σκόρπισμα (el) (skórpisma) n

• Manx: scaalhean (gv) f, skeayl (gv) m
• Romanian: dispersare (ro)
• Russian: рассеивание (ru) (rasseivanije) n

degree of scatter of data

• Bulgarian: разсейване (bg) (razsejvane)

optics: separation of visible light to its component frequencies

• Bulgarian: разсейване
• Finnish: dispersio (fi), hajottaminen (fi)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dispersjon (nb) m

  Nynorsk: dispersjon (nn) m

• Russian: дисперсия (ru) (dispersija) f

References

• Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 131