/
dɪˈspəːs/
v.
- go or distribute in different directions or over a wide area.
- (of gas, smoke, etc.) thin out and disappear.
- Physics divide (light) into constituents of different wavelengths.
adj.
Chemistry denoting a phase dispersed in another phase, as in a colloid.
Derivative
- dispersal n.
- disperser n.
- dispersible adj.
- dispersive adj.
Etymology
ME: from L. dispers-, dispergere ‘scatter widely’.