the action or process of distributing or spreading things or people over a wide area 分散;散布 some seeds rely on birds for dispersion. 有些种子靠鸟来传播。 ■the state of being dispersed over a wide area 分布;散布 the study looks at the dispersion of earnings with OECD member countries. 该研究着眼于经合组织成员国的收入分布。 ■(Ecology)the pattern of distribution of individuals within a habitat (生态)分布 ■(亦作 the Dispersion). another term for diaspora 同 diaspora ■[count noun]a mixture of one substance dispersed in another medium 弥散,扩散 the virus is transmitted in the dispersion of droplets which results from sneezing or coughing. 病毒就是通过打喷嚏或咳嗽形成的飞沫传播的。 ■(Physics)the separation of white light into colours or of any radiation according to wavelength (物理)色散;频散;弥散 ■(Statistics)the extent to which values of a variable differ from a fixed value such as the mean (统计)离中趋势,离散度,离差
语源
late Middle English: from late Latin dispersio(n-), from Latin dispergere (see disperse)