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dispersal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dispersal has 1 sense
- dispersal(n = noun.act) diffusion, dispersion, dissemination - the act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge" is a kind of spread, spreading
has particulars: crop-dusting, spraying
Derived form verb disperse6
THESAURUS
dispersal
aloofness, anarchy, attenuation, breakup, broadcast, broadcasting, chaos, circumfusion, confusion, crack-up, deactivation, demobilization, detachment, diaspora, diffraction, diffusion, dilution, disbandment, discontinuity, discreteness, disintegration, disjunction, dislocation, dismissal, disorder, disorganization, dispensation, dispersion, disruption, dissemination, dissipation, dissolution, distribution, divergence, entropy, evaporation, exfoliation, expansion, fragmentation, incoherence, inconsistency, nonadhesion, noncohesion, parting, peppering, propagation, publication, radiation, release, revolution, scaling, scattering, scatterment, separateness, separation, shattering, shotgun pattern, sowing, spattering, splay, split-up, spread, spreading, sprinkling, strewing, unadherence, unadhesiveness, untenacity, volatilization
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