dispersedness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English dispersed Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English dispersedness From dispersed + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being dispersed.
The dispersedness of knowledge is a driver of uncertainty.
2004 Aug, Markus C. Becker, “Organizational Routines: a review of the literature”, in Industrial and Corporate Change, volume 13, number 4, Oxford, page 647:Such is the dispersedness of these rules and directions, that it seems a compilation of the kind could not be made with a reasonable degree of completeness.
1840, Samuel Higgs Gael, A Practical Treatise on the Analogy between Legal and General Composition, London: Butterworth, page 233:NATO's PGM militia will be protected from artillery fire and air attack primarily by their own dispersedness.
1987, Alvin M. Saperstein, “An Enhanced Non-Provocative Defense in Europe”, in Journal of Peace Research, volume 24, number 1, page 52: