as in dispersal
an act or process in which something scatters or is scattered
the dispersion of energy from a source
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For the best light transmission, choose ED (extra low dispersion) glass objective lenses, which will mean sharper-looking objects and better images in low light.
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Its specialists have developed an ultrafine dispersion solution of graphene with excellent fluidity along with electrical and thermal conductivity.
—Nadezhda Kosareva, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Interestingly enough, because of the adaptive way TRPV1 receptors work in birds, capsaicin may register as a pleasant vanilla flavor that incentivizes seed dispersion, according to the European Journal of Pharmacology.
—Amiah Taylor, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2024
Courtesy the artist and Hesse Flatow, New York City
Chorus, a mixed-media artwork (acrylic dispersion, pigment, chalk, and pencil on unstretched canvas) by Ella Walker, whose work was on view last month at Casey Kaplan Gallery, in New York City.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 May 2024
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Its specialists have developed an ultrafine dispersion solution of graphene with excellent fluidity along with electrical and thermal conductivity.
—Nadezhda Kosareva, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Interestingly enough, because of the adaptive way TRPV1 receptors work in birds, capsaicin may register as a pleasant vanilla flavor that incentivizes seed dispersion, according to the European Journal of Pharmacology.
—Amiah Taylor, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2024
Courtesy the artist and Hesse Flatow, New York City
Chorus, a mixed-media artwork (acrylic dispersion, pigment, chalk, and pencil on unstretched canvas) by Ella Walker, whose work was on view last month at Casey Kaplan Gallery, in New York City.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 May 2024
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“Dispersion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispersion. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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