dispersion
Pronunciación: [dɪsˈpɜrʃən]
Contexto: «science»
(noun) the process or result of spreading something out over a wide area. Imagine when you drop a drop of food coloring in water, it spreads out and the color moves around. That's dispersion.
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The dispersion of light through the prism created a beautiful rainbow.
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There was no dispersion of the ink in the water; it stayed in a clump.
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What happens to the dispersion of particles when they are stirred?
Contexto: «mathematics»
(noun) a way to describe how much a group of numbers varies. It helps us see if the numbers are all quite similar or spread out from each other. Think of it as measuring how far the numbers are from the average.
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The dispersion of test scores showed that most students performed similarly.
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In this case, there was little to no dispersion among the scores; everyone did very differently.
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How can we calculate the dispersion of these numbers?
Contexto: «sociology»
(noun) the way people or groups spread out in different places. For example, when a group of people moves to different cities, that is dispersion of the population.
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The dispersion of families from the city to the suburbs has increased over the last decade.
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There has been no dispersion of the community; everyone still lives in the same area.
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What factors might affect the dispersion of people in this region?