| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To scatter, dissipate, disband, squander or distribute.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To dabble, sprinkle or strew. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To disintegrate, divide or disjoin. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To intersperse or sow. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To disseminate or propagate.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Present participle conjugation of the verb disperse.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (disperse) | 1. To cause to separate and go in different directions.[Wordnet]. 2. Cause to separate; "disperse particles".[Wordnet]. 3. Move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed".[Wordnet]. 4. Separate (light) into spectral rays; "the prosm disperses light".[Wordnet]. 5. Cause to become widely known.[Wordnet]. 6. Distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon".[Wordnet]. 7. To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.[Websters]. 8. To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors.[Websters]. 9. To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse.[Websters]. 10. To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others.[Websters]. 11. Base verb from the following inflections: dispersing, dispersed, disperses, disperser, dispersers, dispersingly and dispersedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being floating.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being diverging or estranging. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being separate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being developing. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being straggling. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being entertaining or amusing.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "DISPERSING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DISPERSING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Scattering; dissipating.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of disperse. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: DISPERSING
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Dispersing medium | (of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Dispersing phase | (of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: DISPERSING
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Dispersing agent | Chemical Industry | Surface-active agent added to a suspending medium to promote uniform and maximum separation of extremely fine solid particles, often of colloidal size. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Dispersing agent | Energy | An agent used to assist in separating individual fine soil particles and to prevent them from flocculating when in suspension. (references) | |
| Dispersing agent | European Union | A substance for promoting the formation and stabilisation of a dispersion of one substance in another. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Dispersing agent | Mining | A. A material that increases the stability of a suspension of particles in a liquid medium by deflocculation of the primary particles. Syn: deflocculating agent b. Dispersant, deflocculating, or peptizing agent. One that acts to prevent adherence of particles suspended in fluid, and delays sedimentation c. Reagents added to flotation circuits to prevent flocculation, esp.of objectionable colloidal slimes. Sodium silicate is frequently added for this purpose, and there is some indication that it has value in coal froth flotation where a high percentage of clay slimes is present. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: disperse | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Disperse | 7 | Disperse | 7 | |
| Disperse Red 9 | 3 | Disperse Red 11 | 3 | |
| Disperse Red 11 | 3 | Disperse Red 9 | 3 | |
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