dispersion (n.)

  1. spreading widely or driving off

    [ Syn: scattering ]

  2. the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume; worldwide in distribution; the distribution of nerve fibers; in complementary distribution

    [ Syn: distribution ]

  3. the act of dispersing or diffusing something; the dispersion of the troops; the diffusion of knowledge

    [ Syn: dispersal , dissemination , diffusion ]

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