different between dispersion vs circulation

English

Etymology

From Middle English dispersioun, from Old French dispersion, from Latin dispertio

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??sp????n/

  Rhymes: -??(r)??n, -??(r)??n

Noun

dispersion (countable and uncountable, plural dispersions)

1. The state of being dispersed; dispersedness.
2. A process of dispersing.
3. The degree of scatter of data.
4. (optics) The separation of visible light by refraction or diffraction.
5. (medicine) The removal of inflammation.

Related terms

• dispersal, dispersivity

Translations

References

• Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 131

Anagrams

• pieds noirs

Danish

Noun

dispersion c (singular definite dispersionen, plural indefinite dispersioner)

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Declension

Further reading

• “dispersion” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.p??.sj??/

Noun

dispersion f (plural dispersions)

1. dispersion

English

Etymology

From Middle English circulacioun, from Latin circulatio.Morphologically circulate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??(?).kj??le?.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?kj??le???n/
• Homophone: surculation
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

circulation (countable and uncountable, plural circulations)

2. The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
3. The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
4. Currency; circulating coins; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.

   The new bills will come into circulation next Friday.

5. The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measurement of diffusion
   • June 1 2016, Karen Roberts in the Evening Express, Aberdeen Journals - The Broad Street Years

     The reputation and circulation of the paper continued to grow, and the board decided a new custom-built base was required for both the Press and Journal and Evening Express to replace the crumbling, but much loved, Broad Street offices.

7. The movement of the blood in the circulatory system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementary constituent.
8. The movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• circle
• cycle
• cyclus

Anagrams

• unicortical

French

Etymology

From Latin circulatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?.ky.la.sj??/
• Rhymes: -j??

Noun

circulation f (plural circulations)

1. circulation (act of moving in a circular shape)
2. (anatomy) circulation (of blood)
3. traffic
4. distribution, circulation (of a newspaper/magazine)

Derived terms

• bande de circulation
• circulation alternée
• voie de circulation

Related terms

• circuler

Further reading

• “circulation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).