dispersal en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English disperse Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English dispersal From disperse + -al.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion.
For a time, Okeh picked up the disk for national dispersal.
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 145:Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.
2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
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(countable, uncountable) A dispersal prison.
Problems of control in dispersals and in other prisons necessarily instigated a multiplicity of working theories to explain the difficulties […]
2012, D. Drake, Prisons, Punishment and the Pursuit of Security:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dispersals | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
redispersal · postdispersal · dispersal accommodation · geodispersal · predispersal · radiological dispersal device · codispersal · dispersalist · dispersalism · nondispersal · overdispersal
Translations (9)
gd sgaoileadh (the act or result of dispersing or scattering) · sv spridning (the act or result of dispersing or scattering) · nl spreiding (the act or result of dispersing or scattering) · ru рассредоточение (the act or result of dispersing or scattering) · ru рассеяние (the act or result of dispersing or scattering) · ota صاچمه (the act or result of dispersing or scattering) · ru рассеивание (the act or result of dispersing or scattering) · sv skingring (the act or result of dispersing or scattering) · la dissipātiō (the act or result of dispersing or scattering)