'Dispersal' definitions:
Definition of 'dispersal'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge" [syn: dispersion, dispersal, dissemination, diffusion]
Definition of 'Dispersal'
From: GCIDE
- Dispersal \Dis*per"sal\, n. The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion. --Darwin. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dispersal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aloofness,
- anarchy,
- attenuation,
- breakup,
- broadcast,
- broadcasting,
- chaos,
- circumfusion,
- confusion,
- crack-up,
- deactivation,
- demobilization,
- detachment,
- diaspora,
- diffraction,
- diffusion,
- dilution,
- disbandment,
- discontinuity,
- discreteness,
- disintegration,
- disjunction,
- dislocation,
- dismissal,
- disorder,
- disorganization,
- dispensation,
- dispersion,
- disruption,
- dissemination,
- dissipation,
- dissolution,
- distribution,
- divergence,
- entropy,
- evaporation,
- exfoliation,
- expansion,
- fragmentation,
- incoherence,
- inconsistency,
- nonadhesion,
- noncohesion,
- parting,
- peppering,
- propagation,
- publication,
- radiation,
- release,
- revolution,
- scaling,
- scattering,
- scatterment,
- separateness,
- separation,
- shattering,
- shotgun pattern,
- sowing,
- spattering,
- splay,
- split-up,
- spread,
- spreading,
- sprinkling,
- strewing,
- unadherence,
- unadhesiveness,
- untenacity,
- volatilization