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dispersive
[ dih-spur-siv ]
dispersive
/ dɪˈspɜːsɪv /
adjective
- tending or serving to disperse
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Derived Forms
- disˈpersively, adverb
- disˈpersiveness, noun
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Other Words From
- dis·persive·ly adverb
- dis·persive·ness noun
- nondis·persive adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dispersive1
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Example Sentences
The low dispersive power of water masks, as Helmholtz has remarked, the imperfect achromatism of the eye.
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The refractive and dispersive powers are not high, so that the cut stones display little brilliancy or “fire.”
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There is little axis of direction in the energies put forth; they are largely dispersive and centrifugal.
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Thus the dispersive power of flint glass and balsam are about equal, while that of crown glass is considerably less.
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Dr Tyndall has shewn that a perfectly pure gas has no dispersive action.
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