Phrase Hound found 5 phrases and 20 compound words that contain dispersion. The most common are listed below. Open dispersion in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 5
- velocity dispersionThe statistical dispersion (about a mean) of the velocities of the stars in a galaxy (or galaxies in a cluster)
- optical rotatory dispersionthe variation in the optical rotation of a substance with the wavelength of light
- London dispersion forceA weak kind of intermolecular force acting between atoms and molecules that are normally electrically symmetric, i.e. having the electrons symmetrically distributed with respect to the nucleus. Such forces are part of the van der Waals …
- London dispersion forcesplural of London dispersion force: A weak kind of intermolecular force acting between atoms and molecules that are normally electrically symmetric, i.e. having the electrons symmetrically distributed with respect to the nucleus. Such …
- pigment dispersion syndromeAn eye disorder, caused by pigment cells sloughing off from the back of the iris and floating in the aqueous humour, that may lead to glaucoma.
Compound words 20
- equidispersionequal dispersion
- magnetodispersionThe dispersion of (or caused by) a magnetic field
- redispersionA second or subsequent dispersion; the act of redispersing
- thermodispersionThe loss of heat from the surface of a body (typically by radiation)
- antidispersionPreventing dispersion.
- biodispersionbiological (or biochemical) dispersion (typically of marine pollution)
- dedispersionThe act of dedispersing.
- dispersionlessThat does not produce dispersion
- hyperdispersionExcessive dispersion (the condition of being hyperdispersed)
- hypodispersionA reduced level of dispersion (in any of several contexts)