Showing results for dispersive. Search instead for Non dispersive.

dispersive

American

[dih-spur-siv] / dɪˈspɜr sɪv /

adjective

serving or tending to disperse.

dispersive British

/ dɪˈspɜːsɪv /

adjective

tending or serving to disperse

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of dispersive

First recorded in 1620–30; disperse + -ive

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

This dramatic disparity between electron and hole-carrier transport is attributed to spatially separated electronic states near the Fermi level, which consists of dispersive and flat bands.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024

Some of the samples were analyzed using a FEI Scios dual-beam focused ion beam/scanning electronic microscope equipped with an energy dispersive spectrometer.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2024

This suggested either a semi-conservative or dispersive mode of replication.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

In the early 1990s, Bourgain launched the modern era for dispersive, nonlinear partial differential equations.

From Nature • Feb. 5, 2019

Thus the ether within the dispersive medium is loaded with molecules which are forced to perform oscillations of the same period as that of the transmitted wave.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023