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[dɪˈspəːs], (Verb)
Definitions:
- distribute or spread over a wide area
(e.g: storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Latin dispers- ‘scattered’, from the verb dispergere, from dis- ‘widely’ + spargere ‘scatter, strew’
[dɪˈspəːs], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- denoting a phase dispersed in another phase, as in a colloid
(e.g: emulsions should be examined after storage for droplet size of the disperse phase)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Latin dispers- ‘scattered’, from the verb dispergere, from dis- ‘widely’ + spargere ‘scatter, strew’
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