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    disperse
    /dɪˈspəːs/

    verb

    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"

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  2. : to cause to become spread widely. disperse the troops. c. : to cause to evaporate or vanish. sunlight dispersing the mist. 2. : to spread or distribute from a fixed or constant source: such as. archaic : disseminate. disperse the news. b. physics : to subject to dispersion (see dispersion sense 4) disperse light.

  3. spread across a large area: Internet technology allows us to work from anywhere and collaborate with geographically dispersed team members. It will be much harder to distribute food and clean water to dispersed communities. Fewer examples. Commuting patterns have been slowly changing as jobs have become more dispersed.

  4. to spread across or move away over a large area, or to make something do this: When the rain came down the crowds started to disperse. Police dispersed the crowd that had gathered. Compare. disseminateformal. More examplesFewer examples. Outside the church, the congregation shook hands with the vicar and began to disperse.

  5. verb (used without object) , dis·persed, dis·pers·ing. to separate and move apart in different directions without order or regularity; become scattered: The crowd dispersed. to be dispelled; be scattered out of sight; vanish: The smoke dispersed into the sky. Synonyms: evanesce, disappear.

  6. a. To drive off or scatter in different directions: The police dispersed the crowd. See Synonyms at scatter. b. To strew or distribute widely: The airplane dispersed the leaflets over the city. 2. To cause to attenuate and disappear: The sun dispersed the fog. 3. a. To separate (light) into spectral rays. b.

  7. adjective. Things that are dispersed are situated in many different places, a long way apart from each other. ...his widely dispersed businesses. They live high in the Andes, in small and dispersed groups. Synonyms: spread-out, extensive, scattered, sprawling More Synonyms of dispersed. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

  8. to spread across or move away over a large area, or to make something do this: When the rain came down the crowds started to disperse. Police dispersed the crowd that had gathered. Compare. disseminate formal. Fewer examples. Outside the church, the congregation shook hands with the vicar and began to disperse.

  9. to diffuse or spread (news, information, etc) 6. to separate (particles) throughout a solid, liquid, or gas, as in the formation of a suspension or colloid. adjective. 7. of or consisting of the particles in a colloid or suspension. disperse phase. USAGE See note at disburse. Collins English Dictionary.

  10. The adjective dispersed can describe anything that's spread across a distance. You might use the Internet to stay in touch with your dispersed family, who live everywhere from Maine to California. The Latin root of dispersed is dispersus, meaning "to scatter."

  11. verb. dispersed, disperses, dispersing. To drive off or scatter in different directions. The police dispersed the crowd. American Heritage. Similar definitions. To break up and scatter in all directions; spread about; distribute widely. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To dispel (mist, etc.) Webster's New World.