the action or process of distributing or spreading things or people over a wide area:dispersal of pollen by the wind [count noun]:dispersals of archaic populations
the splitting up of a group of people, causing them to leave in different directions:the dispersal of the crowd by mounted police
the splitting up and selling off of a collection of artefacts or books:the dispersal of the John Willett Collection [count noun]:colleges had made large dispersals, and the shops were filled with books
