dispersive
adjective
uk/dɪˈspɜː.sɪv/us/dɪˈspɝː.sɪv/involvingorcausingdispersion(= thespreadingof somethingacrossalargearea):
There was aninternationalagreementtobanthe dispersive use of ozone-depletingchemicals.
a dispersiveeffect
physicsspecialized
involvingorcausingdispersionoflight(=itsseparationinto differentcolours):
Dispersiveinstrumentsuseprismstoseparateradiationof differentfrequencies.
Opposite
non-dispersive
- They use dispersivewingedaphidstoensurethatpopulationsmostlyremainatlowdensities.
- TheproductionofCFCgasesfor dispersive usebeganto bephasedout during the 1990s.
- They usedenergydispersiveX-raymicroanalysis.
- Metamaterials are dispersive,meaningtheangleofrefractiondependsverysensitivelyon thefrequencyoflight.
Spreading and scattering
- all over the placeidiom
- bedaub
- bell
- bestrew
- billow
- diffuse
- dispersion
- encroach on/uponsomething
- fan out
- go around
- go round
- go/do the roundsidiom
- radial
- smudging
- smudgy
- spatter
- spattered
- splay
- sprinkle
- sweep
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