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dispersed, ppl. a.
(dɪˈspɜːst, poet. -sɪd)
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
a. Scattered or spread about; driven asunder; diffused.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 167 The mynde yt is dispersed in the waueryng consideracion of many thynges at that time whan it sholde be specially occupyed about one thyng. 1535Coverdale Isa. xi. 12 He shal..gather together y⊇ dispersed of Israel. a1592Greene Looking Glasse Wks. (Rtldg.) 142 Come, mournful dames, lay off your broider'd locks, And on your shoulders spread dispersèd hairs. 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. ii. §9. 13 Many worthy personages that deserue better than dispersed report. 1765H. Walpole Otranto iii. (1798) 62 The new proof of..valour, recalled her dispersed spirits. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 272 Before William..had brought together his dispersed forces.
b. with reference mainly to situation.
a1547Surrey æneid ii. (R.), The watchmen lay disperst to take their rest. 1553T. Wilson Rhet. (1580) 176 You shall praie for all menne, dispersed throughout the face of the yearth. 1697W. Dampier Voy. I. 140 With a few small Rivers dispers'd up and down. 1756C. Lucas Ess. Waters I. 150 Both..are plentifully dispersed throughout the creation. 1862Ld. Brougham Brit. Const. v. 73 A country of which the population is very unequally dispersed.
c. dispersed phase, dispersed system, = disperse phase, system (see prec.).
1915E. W. Washburn Princ. Physical Chem. xxv. 361 The degree of dispersion of a dispersed phase is usually defined as the ratio of its surface to its volume. 1923W. Clayton Theory Emulsions 1 That liquid which is broken up into globules is termed the dispersed phase. 1924[see dispersion 7]. 1939Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) III. 279/1 Such dispersed systems can be classified into..(a) mechanical suspensions, (b) colloidal solutions, (c) molecular solutions. |