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dispersibility

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dis⋅perse

  [di-spurs] verb, -persed, -pers⋅ing, adjective
Use dispersibility in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
2. to spread widely; disseminate: to disperse knowledge.
3. to dispel; cause to vanish: The wind dispersed the fog.
4. Physical Chemistry. to cause (particles) to separate uniformly throughout a solid, liquid, or gas.
5. Optics. to subject (light) to dispersion.
–verb (used without object)
6. to separate and move apart in different directions without order or regularity; become scattered: The crowd dispersed.
7. to be dispelled; be scattered out of sight; vanish: The smoke dispersed into the sky.
–adjective
8. Physical Chemistry. noting the dispersed particles in a dispersion.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME dispersen, disparsen (< MF disperser) < L dispersus (ptp. of dispergere), equiv. to di- di- 2 + -sper(g)- scatter (s. of -spergere, comb. form of spargere to scatter, strew) + -sus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
dis⋅pers⋅ed⋅ly  [di-spur-sid-lee] , adverb
dis⋅pers⋅er, noun
dis⋅pers⋅i⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
dis⋅pers⋅i⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. See scatter. 2. sow, broadcast. 7. disappear, evanesce.

Antonyms:
1. combine, collect.
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Word Origin & History

disperse 
c.1450, from M.Fr. disperser "scatter," from L. dispersus, pp. of dispergere "to scatter," from dis- "apart, in every direction" + spargere "to scatter" (see sparse). The L. word is glossed in O.E. by tostregdan.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: dis·perse
Pronunciation: dis-'p&rs
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: dis·persed; dis·pers·ing
transitive senses
: to spread or distribute from a fixed or constant source: as a : to subject (as light) to dispersion b : to distribute (as fineparticles) more or less evenly throughout a medium disperse intransitive senses
: to become dispersed
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

disperse dis·perse (dĭ-spûrs')
v. dis·persed, dis·pers·ing, dis·pers·es

  1. To cause to separate and move in different directions; scatter.

  2. To cause to vanish or disappear.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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