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Definition of dispersion noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dispersion

noun
 
/dɪˈspɜːʃn/
 
/dɪˈspɜːrʒn/
[uncountable] (specialist)
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  1. the process by which people or things are spread over a wide area
    • population dispersion
    • the dispersion of light
    Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin dispersio(n-), from Latin dispergere, from dis- ‘widely’ + spargere ‘scatter, strew’.
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