dispersal

1. 1.

   the act of dispersing or diffusing something

   “the dispersion of the troops”

   “the diffusion of knowledge”

   Synonymsdispersiondisseminationdiffusion

   Broaderspread

   Narrowercrop-dusting

Other forms of dispersal

plural

dispersals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dispersal

What does dispersal mean?

dispersal means "the act of dispersing or diffusing something".

How many syllables are in dispersal?

dispersal has 3 syllables: di-sper-sal. The stress falls on "sper". In IPA it is /dɪˈspɝsəl/.

What is another word for dispersal?

Close synonyms include dispersion, dissemination, diffusion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dispersal a common word?

dispersal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.