dispersion

dispersione

Condizione di persone o cose distribuite su un’ampia zona o in molti luoghi.

In inglese semplice: The state of being spread over a wide area or among many places.

• The population shows wide dispersion.
• The dispersion of settlements makes transport difficult.
• We measured the dispersion of particles across the surface.

Come si usa: dispersion of something (The dispersion of houses increases delivery costs.)

Sinonimi: spread, scattering

Contrari: concentration

Espressioni comuni: wide dispersion, geographic dispersion, dispersion of something

dispersione

Processo con cui persone o cose si distribuiscono su una zona o in direzioni diverse.

In inglese semplice: The process of spreading people or things over an area or in different directions.

• Wind helps the dispersion of seeds.
• Rain slowed the dispersion of dust.
• The rapid dispersion of the crowd left the square empty.

Come si usa: dispersion of something (The dispersion of pollen depends on the wind.)

Sinonimi: dispersal, scattering

Contrari: concentration

Espressioni comuni: seed dispersion, dispersion of something, rapid dispersion

dispersione

Quanto i numeri di un insieme differiscono tra loro o dalla loro media.

In inglese semplice: How widely numbers in a set differ from each other or from their average.

• The scores show high dispersion.
• We calculated the dispersion of the measurements.
• Lower dispersion means the values are closer together.

Sinonimi: spread, variability

Espressioni comuni: data dispersion, measure dispersion, high dispersion

dispersione

Separazione di onde con frequenze diverse mentre si propagano, come la luce bianca che si divide in colori.

In inglese semplice: The separation of waves with different frequencies as they travel, such as white light separating into colours.

• A prism causes dispersion of light.
• Dispersion separates white light into different colours.
• The experiment measured wave dispersion in the material.

Espressioni comuni: optical dispersion, light dispersion, wave dispersion