dispersion
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
spreading widely or driving off
Types & categories
- spread hypernym
- Diaspora hyponym
- dissipation hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume
worldwide in distribution
Types & categories
- spatial arrangement hypernym
- complementary distribution hyponym
- diaspora hyponym
- dissemination hyponym
- innervation hyponym
- scatter hyponym
Related & opposite
- compactness antonym
Sense 3 noun
the act of dispersing or diffusing something
the dispersion of the troops
Types & categories
- spreading hypernym
- crop-dusting hyponym
Related & opposite
- disseminate derivation
- imbue derivation
- scatter derivation
- diffuse derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | spread |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Diaspora |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dissipation |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | compactness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | spatial arrangement |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | complementary distribution |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | diaspora |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dissemination |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | innervation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | scatter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | disseminate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | imbue |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | diffuse |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | spreading |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | crop-dusting |