01 n. The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained the…
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The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel.“The days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished.” — Jer. xxv. 34.
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The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities.(Opt.)
Phrases & compounds
Dispersion of the optic axes —
the separation of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different values for the different colors of the spectrum.