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disperse en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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/dɪˈspɝs/ (General-American)
/dɪˈspɜːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle French disperser, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergō (“to scatter abroad, disperse”), from dis- (“apart”) + spargō (“to scatter”); see sparse.

Meanings

Scattered or spread out.
- Australia itself is a very wide and very disperse country, where the distance problems significantly affect also the "internal" customer-supplier chains. 1998, James-Yves Roger, Technologies for the Information Society: Developments and Opportunities:
- In particular, a very crisp quantifier such as “for all,” “there exists,” “at least 50 percent” tend to have less disperse weighting vectors while fuzzier quantifiers such as many tend to have a more disperse weighting vector. 2014, Didier J. Dubois, Readings in Fuzzy Sets for Intelligent Systems, page 85:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
most disperse	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more disperse	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

Deriveds

monodisperse · disperse phase · polydisperse · nanodisperse · isodisperse · disperseness · heterodisperse · bidisperse · paucidisperse

disperse en · VERB

Pronunciation

(UK) audio
/dɪˈspɝs/ (General-American)
/dɪˈspɜːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle French disperser, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergō (“to scatter abroad, disperse”), from dis- (“apart”) + spargō (“to scatter”); see sparse.

Meanings

(intransitive, transitive) To scatter in different directions.
- The Jews are dispersed among all nations.
- The lippes of the wiſe diſperſe knowledge: but the heart of the fooliſh, doeth not ſo. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 15:7, column 1:
(intransitive, transitive) To break up and disappear; to dissipate.
(intransitive, transitive) To disseminate.
(intransitive, transitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
(intransitive, transitive) To distribute throughout.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
disperses	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
dispersed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
dispersed	Tense=Past	lexicographic
dispersing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic

Translations (127)

it distribuire (to distribute) · mi korara (to scatter) · ota صاچمق (to scatter) · ko 흩다 (to scatter) · de auffächern (to refract) · da sprede (to scatter) · gl espernexar (to scatter) · hy ցրել (to scatter) · ru распространя́ть (to disseminate) · bg разпръсквам (to scatter) · de verstreuen (to disseminate) · gl debandar (to scatter) · ga scaip (to disseminate) · de streuen (to refract) · cs hynout (to dissipate) · cs rozplynout se (to dissipate) · ami palopisaken (to scatter) · az dağıtmaq (to dissipate) · de verteilen (to disseminate) · it disperdere (to scatter) · gl escagallar (to dissipate) · fi hajottaa (to dissipate) · ru распространи́ть (to distribute) · ru рассыпа́ть (to scatter) · cs rozesít (to scatter) · ru рассе́ять (to scatter) · fi levittää (to distribute) · mi whakaehu (to scatter) · fi dispergoida (to refract) · de dissipieren (to dissipate) · fr disperser (to scatter) · fi hajota (to refract) · eo dispeli (to scatter) · pl rozproszyć (to scatter) · gl desengrear (to dissipate) · fi hajottaa (to scatter) · txb käsk- (to scatter) · de verteilen (to distribute) · ga ruaig (to scatter) · enm solven (to dissipate) · tr dağıtmak (to distribute) · mi whakaehu (to dissipate) · izh harottaa (to scatter) · pt disseminar (to disseminate) · mi tītaritari (to scatter) · fi hajottaa (to refract) · ga scaip (to dissipate) · ja 退散 (to scatter) · ru раскида́ть (to scatter) · de dispergieren (to distribute) · enm dissolven (to dissipate) · nl verstrooien (to scatter) · de verbreiten (to scatter) · cs vyprchat (to dissipate) · ln panza (to scatter) · enm sparplen (to scatter) · ru распространя́ть (to distribute) · nmn khàla (to scatter) · io difuzar (to scatter) · ru рассе́ивать (to scatter) · kix wāvâ (to scatter) · de verstreuen (to scatter) · fi hajaantua (to scatter) · ru преломи́ть (to refract) · ru разгоня́ть (to dissipate) · gl esparexer (to scatter) · hu szétszór (to scatter) · pt dispersar (to scatter) · ang tōsċrīþan (to scatter) · es dispersar (to scatter) · eu sakabanatu (to scatter) · gl esbandallar (to scatter) · mww w (to scatter) · ja 消散 (to dissipate) · bg разпилявам (to scatter) · fr se disperser (to scatter) · ru разогна́ть (to dissipate) · mi tohatoha (to distribute) · de aufteilen (to refract) · hy ցրվել (to scatter) · io dispersar (to scatter) · la dissipō (to dissipate) · ru разбра́сывать (to scatter) · bcl wagas (to scatter) · it rifrangere (to refract) · bni sanza (to scatter) · cs rozehnat (to dissipate) · cs rozptýlit (to scatter) · gl aquendar (to refract) · de zerstreuen (to scatter) · gl destranxer (to refract) · ru распространи́ть (to disseminate) · bg разсейвам (to scatter) · fi hajota (to dissipate) · az dağılmaq (to dissipate) · cs rozptýlit (to dissipate) · de verbreiten (to disseminate) · izh hajottaa (to scatter) · ga scaip (to scatter) · it disperdere (to distribute) · ru разброса́ть (to scatter) · eo disiĝi (to dissipate) · enm sparplen (to dissipate) · ca dispersar (to scatter) · mi tohatoha (to scatter) · gd sgaoil (to scatter) · zdj utsamɓalia (to scatter) · fi levittää (to disseminate) · it disperdere (to dissipate) · mi tītari (to scatter) · gv scaalhean (to scatter) · ru раски́дывать (to scatter) · ga scaoil (to scatter) · eo aspergi (to scatter) · grc σκεδάννυμι (to scatter) · pt distribuir (to distribute) · gl escagallar (to disseminate) · pt dissipar (to dissipate) · pt refratar (to refract) · la dissipō (to scatter) · it disseminarere (to disseminate) · it disperdere (to refract) · ru преломля́ть (to refract) · gv skeayl (to scatter) · ru рассы́пать (to scatter) · vi rải rác (to scatter) · de sich zerstreuen (to scatter)

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