| 单词 | dispersion |
| 释义 | dispersion (once / 3964 pages) n The noun dispersion means the process of distributing something over an area. A combination of your yearly planting of new bulbs and their natural tendency to spread has led to the dispersion of daffodils over your entire back yard. Dispersion refers to the act of spreading something, like your dispersion of sprinkles evenly over three dozen cupcakes. It can also be used to talk about the scattering of something across a very large range, such as the dispersion of people with Scottish heritage across the United States. The Latin root word is dispersione, which means a scattering. WORD FAMILYdispersion: dispersions+/dispersal: dispersals/disperse: dispersal, dispersed, disperses, dispersing, dispersion, dispersive/dispersed: dispersedly/dispersive: dispersively USAGE EXAMPLESThus was a form of politics designed in Europe and organized against Jews in their dispersion reorganized against Jews gathered in their homeland. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) The higher the dispersion percentage, the more likely stock returns are to differ. Wall Street Journal(Nov 20, 2016) In longer irons, the shot dispersion -- a.k.a the lateral accuracy -- was tighter. Golf Digest(Nov 01, 2016) 1n spreading widely or driving off Syn|Hypo|Hyper scattering Diaspora the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time dissipationbreaking up and scattering by dispersion spread, spreading process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space 2n the act of dispersing or diffusing something the dispersion of the troops Syn|Hypo|Hyper diffusion, dispersal, dissemination crop-dusting, spraying the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft) spread, spreading act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time 3n the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper distribution compactness, concentration, denseness, density, tightness the spatial property of being crowded together complementary distribution, complementation (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts diasporathe dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture) diffusion, disseminationthe property of being diffused or dispersed innervationthe distribution of nerve fibers to an organ or body region scatter, spreada haphazard distribution in all directions diffusenessthe spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume spacing, spatial arrangement the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them |
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