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How to pronounce dispersal in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms diffusion, dispersion, dissemination
Type of spread, spreading
Has types crop-dusting, spraying
Derivation disperse

Examples of dispersal

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Good weather and a herd dispersal drew a large and interested crowd to the sale.
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What the barriers to dispersal of marine microbes may be is under investigation.
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Experimental evidence for extreme dispersal limitation in tropical forest birds.
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Decentralization is also possible in the dispersal of population and employment.
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Seed dispersal is the movement or transport of seeds away from the parent plant.
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This dispersal can be achieved by animals, wind, water, or explosive dehiscence.
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The herd dispersal comprised of 80 Brown Swiss cows that freshened since January.
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It retains characteristics of a wild plant including maximizing seed dispersal.
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The Romani people lack written historical records on their origins and dispersal.
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More examples
  • Dispersion: the act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge"
  • (disperse) scatter: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
  • (disperse) to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
  • (disperse) break up: cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"
  • (disperse) move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
  • (disperse) separate (light) into spectral rays; "the prosm disperses light"
  • Biological dispersal refers to a species movement away from an existing population or away from the parent organism. ...
  • Disperse is a Christian Rock band from Southern Indiana. The band was formerly known, with an adjusted roster, as "Stuff."
  • (disperse) to spread out or scatter