different between emission vs dispersion

English

Etymology

First attested in 1607. From Middle French émission, from Latin ?missi? (“sending forth”), from ?mitt? (“send out”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mitt? (“send”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??m???n/, /??m??n?/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

emission (countable and uncountable, plural emissions)

1. Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.

2. The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.

Synonyms

• (act of sending out): issuance

Hyponyms

• nocturnal emission

Derived terms

• zero-emission

Related terms

• emission line
• emission nebula
• emissions test
• emit

Translations

References

• emission in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Misiones, simonies, simonise

Finnish

Noun

emission

1. Genitive singular form of emissio.

Friulian

Noun

emission f (plural emissions)

1. emission

Interlingua

Noun

emission (plural emissiones)

1. emission

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ?missi?.

Noun

emission f (plural emissions)

1. emission

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emi?sju?/

Noun

emission f

1. emission

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