Dispersion /(?)/
Dis·per·sion
Dispersion
n.
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The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel.
The days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished.
- The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities. (Opt.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Dispersion of the optic axes
- the separation of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different values for the different colors of the spectrum.