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1. The scattering or distribution of something within an area or space.
2. A condition of, a fact of, or a state of being spread, scattered, or distributed.
3. A chemistry medium with dispersed particles; a chemical system consisting of a gas, liquid, or colloid containing dispersed particles.
4. In the military: A scattered pattern of hits of bombs dropped under identical conditions or of shots fired from the same gun with the same firing data.
2. A condition of, a fact of, or a state of being spread, scattered, or distributed.
3. A chemistry medium with dispersed particles; a chemical system consisting of a gas, liquid, or colloid containing dispersed particles.
4. In the military: A scattered pattern of hits of bombs dropped under identical conditions or of shots fired from the same gun with the same firing data.
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dis-, di-, dif-
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-sperse, -spersed, -spersing, -spersion; spars-; -spargic
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“dispersions”
The spreading of a star image into a small spectrum as its light travels through the Earth's atmosphere: The atmosphere acts in the same way as a glass prism. The path the light takes, or the atmospheric dispersion, depends to a small extent on its wavelength. As a result, the blue light from a star seems to come from slightly closer to the zenith than the red light.
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atmo-, atm- +
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sphero-, spher-, -sphere-
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