[ dɪ'spə:s ]
■ verb
1》 go or distribute in different directions or over a wide area.
2》 (of gas, smoke, etc.) thin out and disappear.
3》 Physics divide (light) into constituents of different wavelengths.
■ adjective Chemistry denoting a phase ~d in another phase, as in a colloid.
Derivatives
dispersal noun
~r noun
dispersible adjective
dispersive adjective
Origin
ME: from L. dispers- , dispergere 'scatter widely'.