Dispersion
noun
The action or process of spreading things or people over a wide area.
The dispersion of the crowd took a couple of hours.
Often appears as...
- dispersion of light
- dispersion of resources
noun
In physics, it is how a wave changes speed and bends when it passes from one medium to another.
In a prism, the dispersion of light causes a rainbow effect.
Often appears as...
- dispersion of light
- wave dispersion
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Technical
noun
The pattern of distribution of data values in a dataset.
The dispersion in the data was calculated to understand the variability.
Often appears as...
- measure of dispersion
- data dispersion
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Academic
noun
The process of sprinkling something around an area.
The dispersion of the seeds was done by the wind.
Often appears as...
- seed dispersion
- dispersion of ashes
noun
The scattering of a group of people, causing them to leave and go in different directions.
Post the concert, the dispersion of the crowd was smoothly managed by the volunteers.
Often appears as...
- dispersion of the crowd
- rapid dispersion
noun
The action or process of spreading things or people over a wide area.
The dispersion of the crowd took a couple of hours.
Often appears as...
- dispersion of light
- dispersion of resources
noun
In physics, it is how a wave changes speed and bends when it passes from one medium to another.
In a prism, the dispersion of light causes a rainbow effect.
Often appears as...
- dispersion of light
- wave dispersion
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The pattern of distribution of data values in a dataset.
The dispersion in the data was calculated to understand the variability.
Often appears as...
- measure of dispersion
- data dispersion
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The process of sprinkling something around an area.
The dispersion of the seeds was done by the wind.
Often appears as...
- seed dispersion
- dispersion of ashes
noun
The scattering of a group of people, causing them to leave and go in different directions.
Post the concert, the dispersion of the crowd was smoothly managed by the volunteers.
Often appears as...
- dispersion of the crowd
- rapid dispersion
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Pro Tip 1/2Wide Area Impact
Focus on how 'dispersion' affects large areas, not just small spaces or groups.
After the explosion, the dispersion of debris covered the entire park.
Pro Tip 2/2Planned vs. Unplanned
'Dispersion' can be either organized, like a team dispersing strategically, or chaotic.
The fire drill ensured an orderly dispersion of students from the building.
Pro Tip 1/2Wide Area Impact
Focus on how 'dispersion' affects large areas, not just small spaces or groups.
After the explosion, the dispersion of debris covered the entire park.
Pro Tip 2/2Planned vs. Unplanned
'Dispersion' can be either organized, like a team dispersing strategically, or chaotic.
The fire drill ensured an orderly dispersion of students from the building.
Pro Tip 1/2Wide Area Impact
Focus on how 'dispersion' affects large areas, not just small spaces or groups.
After the explosion, the dispersion of debris covered the entire park.
Pro Tip 2/2Planned vs. Unplanned
'Dispersion' can be either organized, like a team dispersing strategically, or chaotic.
The fire drill ensured an orderly dispersion of students from the building.
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Srdja Popovic: How to...
We won't call for the march of a million. But what if we organized the spraying of graffiti throughout the night, all over Krakow. The city will know. So, we pick tactics accommodated to the event, especially this thing we call the small tactics of dispersion.
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The wildly complex...
The dispersion of factories fuels another problem as labor abuse. Most brands don’t own or operate their factories, so the plants they work with are in countries with little to no worker protection laws.
Video examples
Srdja Popovic: How to...
We won't call for the march of a million. But what if we organized the spraying of graffiti throughout the night, all over Krakow. The city will know. So, we pick tactics accommodated to the event, especially this thing we call the small tactics of dispersion.
Video examples
The wildly complex...
The dispersion of factories fuels another problem as labor abuse. Most brands don’t own or operate their factories, so the plants they work with are in countries with little to no worker protection laws.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Eugene Fama
American Economist
The problem that people don't understand is that active managers, almost by definition, have to be poorly diversified. Otherwise, they're not really active. They have to make bets. What that means is there's a huge dispersion of outcomes that are totally consistent with just chance. There's no skill involved it. It's just good luck or bad luck.
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Mildred Dresselhaus
American Scientist
The concept of graphene came along in 1947, but nobody paid much attention to it. I was fascinated because it had a linear E versus K while everything else that people were working on at that time had a quadratic dispersion relationship. I wondered why this was and what was so special about it. That was my fascination.
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Richard Edelman
American Businessman
We have seen an unprecedented dispersion of authority, such that 'a person like you' is now one of the most credible spokespersons on business, along with technical and academic experts.
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Bryson DeChambeau
American Athlete
My job is just to be more consistent and if I can keep being more repeatable, have my dispersion be a little less as I'm hitting it farther, there's a lot of strokes to be gained there.
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Lord George Gordon
British Politician
David and his followers taught no new doctrines, in their dispersion or when they came to power, that can be brought to countenance thee at all in shaving off thy beard.
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George Stigler
American Economist
Even before I came to Chicago, I had gotten interested in the existence of dispersion of prices under conditions which economic theory said would yield a single price.
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Andre Aciman
American Writer
I may write about place and displacement, but what I'm really writing about is dispersion, evasion, ambivalence: not so much a subject as a move in everything I write.
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Daniel J. Boorstin
American Historian
Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Lebanese Scientist
Inequalities of wealth lead to a dispersion in wealth for all.
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Eugene Fama
American Economist
The problem that people don't understand is that active managers, almost by definition, have to be poorly diversified. Otherwise, they're not really active. They have to make bets. What that means is there's a huge dispersion of outcomes that are totally consistent with just chance. There's no skill involved it. It's just good luck or bad luck.
Quote examples
Mildred Dresselhaus
American Scientist
The concept of graphene came along in 1947, but nobody paid much attention to it. I was fascinated because it had a linear E versus K while everything else that people were working on at that time had a quadratic dispersion relationship. I wondered why this was and what was so special about it. That was my fascination.
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Richard Edelman
American Businessman
We have seen an unprecedented dispersion of authority, such that 'a person like you' is now one of the most credible spokespersons on business, along with technical and academic experts.
Quote examples
Bryson DeChambeau
American Athlete
My job is just to be more consistent and if I can keep being more repeatable, have my dispersion be a little less as I'm hitting it farther, there's a lot of strokes to be gained there.
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Lord George Gordon
British Politician
David and his followers taught no new doctrines, in their dispersion or when they came to power, that can be brought to countenance thee at all in shaving off thy beard.
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George Stigler
American Economist
Even before I came to Chicago, I had gotten interested in the existence of dispersion of prices under conditions which economic theory said would yield a single price.
Quote examples
Andre Aciman
American Writer
I may write about place and displacement, but what I'm really writing about is dispersion, evasion, ambivalence: not so much a subject as a move in everything I write.
Quote examples
Daniel J. Boorstin
American Historian
Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Lebanese Scientist
Inequalities of wealth lead to a dispersion in wealth for all.
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