dispersionnoun [ U ]
uk/dɪˈspɜː.ʃən/us/dɪˈspɝː.ʃən/formal → disperse
specialized physics the separation of light into different colours
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Spreading and scattering
- all over the place idiom
- bedaub
- bestrew
- billow
- circulate
- fan out
- go round (somewhere)
- go/do the rounds idiom
- percolate
- radial
- radiate
- slap
- sprawl
- spread
- spread out
- sprinkling
- straggle
- stretch
- strew
- sweep
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