dispersal
Americannoun
noun
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the act of dispersing or the condition of being dispersed
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the spread of animals, plants, or seeds to new areas
Other Word Forms
- nondispersal noun
- redispersal noun
Etymology
Origin of dispersal
Example Sentences
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FireAid promptly released a comprehensive document detailing its fundraising and grant dispersals.
From Los Angeles Times
A second approach, inertial confinement, uses the plasma’s own inertia to slow its dispersal.
On average, mosses now begin releasing spores about four weeks earlier than they did in 1990, and the peak of spore dispersal arrives roughly six weeks sooner.
From Science Daily
Rainmaker developed its own aerosol dispersal system, which avoids flares and the additional chemicals they produce, and targets specific clouds with the right atmospheric conditions with a fleet of nimble drones.
"The persistence of the clinical effects… is not consistent with the typical agents used for crowd dispersal, such as CS," he said.
From BBC
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