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dis⋅per⋅sion

[di-spur-zhuhn, -shuhn]
–noun
1. Also, dispersal. an act, state, or instance of dispersing or of being dispersed.
2. Optics.
a. the variation of the index of refraction of a transparent substance, as glass, with the wavelength of light, with the index of refraction increasing as the wavelength decreases.
b. the separation of white or compound light into its respective colors, as in the formation of a spectrum by a prism.
3. Statistics. the scattering of values of a variable around the mean or median of a distribution.
4. Military. a scattered pattern of hits of bombs dropped under identical conditions or of shots fired from the same gun with the same firing data.
5. Also called disperse system. Physical Chemistry. a system of dispersed particles suspended in a solid, liquid, or gas.
6. (initial capital letter) Diaspora (def. 1).

Origin:
1350–1400; ME dispersio(u)n (< AF) < L dispersiōn- (s. of dispersiō), equiv. to dispers(us) (see disperse ) + -iōn- -ion
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disperse system  
n.   Chemistry
A system, such as a colloid, consisting of a disperse phase in a dispersion medium. Also called dispersion.
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Main Entry: disperse system
Function: noun
: DISPERSION 3b, COLLOID 2b

Main Entry: dis·per·sion
Pronunciation: dis-'p&r-zh&n, -sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the act or process of dispersing : the state of being dispersed
2 : the separation of light into colors by refraction or diffraction with formation of a spectrum; also : the separation of radiationinto components in accordance with some varying characteristic (as energy)
3 a : a dispersed substance b : a system consisting of a dispersed substance and themedium in which it is dispersed : COLLOID 2b called also disperse system
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disperse system n.
A system, such as a colloid, consisting of a substance dispersed in a medium.

dispersion dis·per·sion (dĭ-spûr'zhən, -shən)
n.

  1. The act or process of dispersing.

  2. The state of being dispersed.

  3. Disperse system.

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