dispersion

1. 1.

   spreading widely or driving off

   Synonymsscattering

   Broaderspread

   NarrowerDiasporadissipation
2. 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”

   Synonymsdistribution

   Broaderspacing

   Narrowercomplementary distributiondiasporadisseminationinnervationscatter
3. 3.

   the act of dispersing or diffusing something

   “the dispersion of the troops”

   “the diffusion of knowledge”

   Synonymsdispersaldisseminationdiffusion

   Broaderspread

   Narrowercrop-dusting

Other forms of dispersion

plural

dispersions·

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 dispersion

What does dispersion mean?

dispersion means "spreading widely or driving off". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dispersion?

dispersion has 3 syllables: di-sper-sion. The stress falls on "sper". In IPA it is /dɪˈspɝʒən/.

What is another word for dispersion?

Close synonyms include scattering, distribution, dispersal, 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 dispersion a common word?

dispersion 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.

What rhymes with dispersion?

1 word rhymes with dispersion. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.