dispersión

Definitions of dispersión
  1. noun
    the act of dispersing or diffusing something
    synonyms: diseminación, disgregación, diáspora
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    types:
    aerofumigación, fumigación
    the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)
    type of:
    difusión, propagación
    act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
  2. noun
    the act of scattering
    synonyms: desbandada
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    type of:
    difusión, propagación
    act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
  3. noun
    the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume
    synonyms: distribución
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    types:
    difusión
    the property of being diffused or dispersed
    difusión
    the spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume
    type of:
    disposición
    the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them
  4. noun
    spreading widely or driving off
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    types:
    diáspora
    the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time
    type of:
    difusión, diseminación, expansión, extensión, generalización, propagación
    process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
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