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Definition of Disperse
1. Verb. Distribute loosely. "They disperse sugar over the cake"; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
Specialized synonyms: Spray, Spray, Plash, Spatter, Splash, Splatter, Splosh, Swash, Splash, Splosh, Sprinkle, Bespangle, Aerosolise, Aerosolize
Generic synonyms: Discharge
Derivative terms: Dispersive, Dust, Scatter, Scatter, Sprinkling
2. Verb. To cause to separate and go in different directions. "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
Specialized synonyms: Disband
Generic synonyms: Divide, Separate
Derivative terms: Dispersion, Dissipation, Scatter, Scatter, Scattering, Scattering
3. Verb. Cause to separate. "Disperse particles"
Generic synonyms: Change Integrity
Specialized synonyms: Backscatter
4. Verb. Move away from each other. "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"
Specialized synonyms: Aerosolise, Aerosolize, Break, Volley
Generic synonyms: Part, Separate, Split
Derivative terms: Dispersion, Dissipation, Scatter, Scatter, Scattering
5. Verb. Separate (light) into spectral rays. "The prosm disperses light"
6. Verb. Cause to become widely known. "Broadcast the news"
Generic synonyms: Air, Bare, Publicise, Publicize
Specialized synonyms: Podcast, Sow, Generalise, Generalize, Popularise, Popularize, Vulgarise, Vulgarize, Carry, Run
Causes: Circulate, Go Around, Spread
Related verbs: Circulate, Go Around, Spread
Derivative terms: Broadcast, Broadcast, Circular, Circulation, Diffusion, Diffusive, Dispersal, Dispersion, Dispersive, Dissemination, Dissemination, Dissemination, Disseminative, Disseminator, Propagation, Propagator, Spread, Spread, Spread, Spreading
Definition of Disperse
1. v. t. To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.
2. v. i. To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse.
Definition of Disperse
1. Verb. (transitive intransitive) To scatter in different directions ¹
2. Verb. (transitive intransitive) To break up and disappear; to dissipate ¹
3. Verb. (transitive intransitive) To disseminate ¹
4. Verb. (physics transitive intransitive) To separate rays of light etc. according to wavelength; to refract ¹
5. Verb. (transitive intransitive) To distribute throughout ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disperse
1. to scatter [v -PERSED, -PERSING, -PERSES] - See also: scatter
Medical Definition of Disperse
1. To dissipate, to cause disappearance of, to scatter, to dilute. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disperse
Literary usage of Disperse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution by Albert Venn Dicey (1908)
"The crowd was called upon to disperse, and the Riot Act read. More stones were
hurled at the troops, and it was necessary to protect the colliery. ..."
2. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... state of decomposition (I. disintegration). . hajottaa disperse, scatter; ...
scatter (be) disperse«), ..."
3. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Warren Kendall Lewis (1916)
"The whole is called a disperse system — the separated particles the disperse ...
Surface phenomena are usually of importance only in such disperse systems. ..."
4. A Handbook of Colloid-chemistry: The Recognition of Colloids, the Theory of by Carl Wilhelm Wolfgang Ostwald (1915)
"Universality of the Colloid State as a Necessary Consequence of Characterizing
Colloid Solutions as disperse Systems.— If it is granted that colloid ..."
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