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INTERSPERSAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does interspersal mean?
• INTERSPERSAL (noun)
The noun INTERSPERSAL has 1 sense:
1. the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things
Familiarity information: INTERSPERSAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of combining one thing at intervals among other things
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
interspersal; interspersion
Context example:
the interspersion of illustrations in the text
Hypernyms ("interspersal" is a kind of...):
combination; combining; compounding (the act of combining things to form a new whole)
Derivation:
intersperse (place at intervals in or among)
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