dispersednessn.
The condition or state of being dispersed or scattered; scattered condition or position.
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the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [noun] > condition of being
diffuseness1474
dispersedness1571
dispersenessa1613
spreadoutness1879
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xiii. 1) They referre to their present dispersednesse.
1621 P. Heylyn Microcosmus 381 The dispersednesse of Townes, and habitations.
1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
1897 Atlantic Monthly LXXX. 544 It..gives added cohesion to a great institution whose topographical dispersedness is surpassed only by its enormous enrollment.
1917 A. S. Pringle-Pattison Idea of God xiii. 250 The finite facts in their dispersedness and mutability seem to be unable to stand alone.
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