DISPERSED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dispersed mean? 

• DISPERSED (adjective)
  The adjective DISPERSED has 1 sense:

1. distributed or spread over a considerable extent

  Familiarity information: DISPERSED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISPERSED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Distributed or spread over a considerable extent

Synonyms:

dispersed; spread

Context example:

eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe

Similar:

distributed (spread out or scattered about or divided up)

 Context examples 

The emitted radiation is dispersed by a grating monochrometer and detected with photomultiplier tubes.

(Inductively-Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer, NCI Thesaurus)

The parts of chromosomes that, during interphase, are uncoiled dispersed threads and not stained by ordinary dyes; metabolically active, in contrast to the inert heterochromatin.

(Euchromatin, NCI Thesaurus)

Formation of particles by solidification of dispersed droplets within a cooler gas.

(Cooling/Congealing Particle Sizing, NCI Thesaurus)

A proprietary oral formulation composed of the poorly soluble, synthetic triazole agent, itraconazole, dispersed in a polymer matrix, with antifungal and potential anti-angiogenic activities.

(Itraconazole Dispersion In Polymer Matrix, NCI Thesaurus)

A variety of simple di- , tri- , tetra-, and pentanucleotide tandem repeats that are dispersed in the euchromatic arms of most chromosomes.

(Microsatellite Repeat, NCI Thesaurus)

A semi-solid composed of a large proportion of solids and finely dispersed active and/or inert ingredient(s) in a fat-based vehicle.

(Paste Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A mixture of two immiscible substances in which the sizes of the particles in the dispersed phase are defined as less than 1000 nanometers.

(Nanoemulsion, NCI Thesaurus)

A measure of the electric charge and the time in which the charge is dispersed.

(Milliampere second, NCI Thesaurus)

After this, the boys dispersed for a final lark, leaving Mrs. March and her daughters under the festival tree.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The substance in an emulsion that is suspended or dispersed within another substance of greater volume.

(Dispersed Phase, NCI Thesaurus)