n. 散布

[化] 分散; 分散作用; 分散体; 色散; 离差

[医] 分散[作用], 弥散[作用], 分散体

[经] 高差, 差量, 离中趋势

Dispersion \Dis*per"sion\, n. [CF. F. dispersion.]
1. 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.

2. (Opt.) The separation of light into its different colored
rays, arising from their different refrangibilities.

{Dispersion of the optic axes} (Crystallog.), 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.