"dispersed" meaning in English

See dispersed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈspɝst/ [General-American], /dɪˈspɜːst/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-dispersed.ogg Forms: more dispersed [comparative], most dispersed [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st Head templates: {{en-adj}} dispersed (comparative more dispersed, superlative most dispersed)
  1. Spread out in space and/or time; not concentrated.
    Sense id: en-dispersed-en-adj-HutbiG2O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Derived forms: bidispersed, dispersedly, dispersedness, equidispersed, geodispersed, heterodispersed, hyperdispersed, indispersed, interdispersed, nanodispersed, nondispersed, polydispersed, ultradispersed, underdispersed, undispersed

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈspɝst/ [General-American], /dɪˈspɜːst/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-dispersed.ogg
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} dispersed
  1. simple past and past participle of disperse Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: disperse
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