denoting a phase dispersed in another phase, as in a colloid:emulsions should be examined after storage for droplet size of the disperse phase
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distribute or spread over a wide area:storms can disperse seeds via high altitudescaravan sites could be dispersed among trees so as to be out of sight
go or cause to go in different directions: [no object]:the crowd dispersed [with object]:the police used tear gas to disperse the protesters
(with reference to gas, smoke, mist, or cloud) thin out or cause to thin out and disappear: [no object]:the earlier mist had dispersed [with object]:winds dispersed the radioactive cloud high in the atmosphere
Physics divide (light) into constituents of different wavelengths:the ability of a material to disperse light by refraction
