dispersion

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun spreading widely or driving off
noun the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume
noun the act of dispersing or diffusing something

From disperse + -ion, from Middle English dispersioun, from Old French dispersion, from Latin dispersiō.

This was the signal for dispersion. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide
He didn't appreciate any dispersion on his heritage. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
The labours of the bishop underwent a strange dispersion. — Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber : $b or, The influence of Romanism on trade, justice, and knowledge, J. A. (James Aitken) Wylie

scattering

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