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dispersion
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dispersion
n.
scattering; dispersal, sending out
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Dispersion
Dispersion may refer to:
- Dispersion (finance), a measure for the statistical distribution of portfolio returns
- Statistical dispersion, a quantifiable variation of measurements of differing members of a population
- Index of dispersion, a normalized measure of the dispersion of a probability distribution
- Price dispersion, a variation in prices across sellers of the same item
- Wage dispersion, the amount of variation in wages encountered in an economy
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dispersion
Noun
1. spreading widely or driving off
(synonym) scattering
(hypernym) spread, spreading
(hyponym) Diaspora
(derivation) disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out
2. the spatial property of being scattered about over an area or volume
(synonym) distribution
(hypernym) spacing, spatial arrangement
(hyponym) complementary distribution, complementation
3. the act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge"
(synonym) dispersal, dissemination, diffusion
(hypernym) spread, spreading
(hyponym) crop-dusting, spraying
(derivation) disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter
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Dispersion (die)
nf.
dispersion, scattering; dispersal, sending out
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dispersion
nf.
dispersion, scattering, dispersal; dissipation, strewing, spreading out, scatter, suffusion
