disperse
To scatter in different directions.
Example
“The Jews are dispersed among all nations.”
Other meanings
To break up and disappear; to dissipate.
To disseminate.
Synonyms
- break up
- scatter
Related words
- dispersable
- dispersant
- dispersity
- dispersive
- dispersoid
- dispersometer
- dispersingly
- nondispersing
- undispersing
- disperser
- dedisperse
- redisperse
Word history
From Latin "dispersus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “disperse” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.