disperse

UK /dɪˈspɜːs/ US /dɪˈspɝs/
verb 5adj 1

Definitions

verb

1

To scatter in different directions.

The Jews are dispersed among all nations.

The lippes of the wiſe diſperſe knowledge: but the heart of the fooliſh, doeth not ſo.

2

To break up and disappear; to dissipate.

3

To disseminate.

4

To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.

5

To distribute throughout.

adj

1

Scattered or spread out.

Australia itself is a very wide and very disperse country, where the distance problems significantly affect also the "internal" customer-supplier chains.

In particular, a very crisp quantifier such as “for all,” “there exists,” “at least 50 percent” tend to have less disperse weighting vectors while fuzzier quantifiers such as many tend to have a more disperse weighting vector.

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