dispersion

See also: Dispersion and dispersión

English

Etymology

From Middle English dispersioun, from Old French dispersion, from Latin dispertio.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /dɪˈspɜːʒən/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /dɪˈspɝʒən/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən

Noun

dispersion (countable and uncountable, 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.

Derived terms

• optical rotatory dispersion
• velocity dispersion

 

Related terms

• dispersal, dispersivity

Translations

state

• Bulgarian: разхвърляност (razhvǎrljanost), разпиляност (razpiljanost)
• Danish: spredning c
• Finnish: hajaannus (fi)
• French: dispersion (fr) f
• German: Verteilung (de) f
• Greek: διασπορά (el) f (diasporá), σκόρπισμα (el) n (skórpisma)
• Portuguese: dispersão (pt) f
• Russian: рассе́янность (ru) f (rasséjannostʹ), разбросанность (ru) f (razbrosannostʹ)
• Tagalog: pagkalat
• Ukrainian: розсі́яність f (rozsíjanistʹ)

process

• Bulgarian: разпръскване (bg) (razprǎskvane), разпиляване (bg) (razpiljavane)
• Czech: disperze f
• Danish: spredning c
• Finnish: hajonta
• French: dispersion (fr) f
• Greek: διασπορά (el) f (diasporá), σκόρπισμα (el) n (skórpisma)
• Manx: scaalhean f, skeayl m
• Portuguese: dispersão (pt) f
• Romanian: dispersare (ro)
• Russian: рассеивание (ru) n (rasseivanije)
• Tagalog: pagkalat

degree of scatter of data

• Arabic: تَشَتُّت (tašattut)
• Bulgarian: разсейване (bg) (razsejvane)
• French: dispersion (fr) f
• Portuguese: dispersão (pt) f
• Swedish: spridning (sv)
• Tagalog: kakalatan

optics: separation of visible light to its component frequencies

• Bulgarian: разсейване (bg) (razsejvane)
• Danish: dispersion m, farvespredning c
• Finnish: dispersio (fi), hajottaminen (fi)
• French: dispersion (fr) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dispersjon m

  Nynorsk: dispersjon m

• Russian: дисперсия (ru) f (dispersija)
• Tagalog: pagkalat

References

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

Anagrams

• pieds noirs

Danish

Noun

dispersion c (singular definite dispersionen, plural indefinite dispersioner)

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Declension

Declension of dispersion

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dispersion	dispersionen	dispersioner	dispersionerne
genitive	dispersions	dispersionens	dispersioners	dispersionernes

Further reading

• “dispersion” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.pɛʁ.sjɔ̃/

Noun

dispersion f (plural dispersions)

1. dispersion

Further reading

• “dispersion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.