"dispersal" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-dispersal.wav Forms: dispersals [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)səl Etymology: From disperse + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|disperse|al}} disperse + -al Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dispersal (countable and uncountable, plural dispersals)
  1. The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act or result of dispersing or scattering): spreiding [feminine] (Dutch), dissipātiō [feminine] (Latin), صاچمه (saçma) (Ottoman Turkish), рассеивание (rasseivanije) (Russian), рассеяние (rassejanije) (Russian), рассредоточение (rassredotočenije) (Russian), sgaoileadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), spridning (Swedish), skingring (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dispersal-en-noun-g-shgUA~ Disambiguation of 'the act or result of dispersing or scattering': 90 10
  2. A dispersal prison. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dispersal-en-noun-0uzvaqhZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 19 81 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: codispersal, dispersalism, dispersalist, geodispersal, nondispersal, overdispersal, postdispersal, predispersal, radiological dispersal device, redispersal

Inflected forms

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