different between dispersion vs interspersion

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

Noun

interspersion (countable and uncountable, plural interspersions)

1. The state of being interspersed.
2. The act of interspersing.

References

• interspersion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• interspersion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.