"dispersive" meaning in English

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dispersive line"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dispersive mass transfer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dispersive medium"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dispersive model"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dispersive power"
    }
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "disperse",
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      },
      "expansion": "disperse + -ive",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From disperse + -ive.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more dispersive",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most dispersive",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "dispersive (comparative more dispersive, superlative most dispersive)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That becomes dispersed"
      ],
      "id": "en-dispersive-en-adj-g8OU1eXM",
      "links": [
        [
          "dispersed",
          "dispersed"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "That causes dispersion"
      ],
      "id": "en-dispersive-en-adj-z3uRwEN6",
      "links": [
        [
          "dispersion",
          "dispersion"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "that causes dispersion",
          "word": "dispersivo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "that causes dispersion",
          "word": "dispersivo"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)sɪv"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dispersive"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -ive",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)sɪv",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dispersive line"
    },
    {
      "word": "dispersive mass transfer"
    },
    {
      "word": "dispersive medium"
    },
    {
      "word": "dispersive model"
    },
    {
      "word": "dispersive power"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "disperse",
        "3": "ive"
      },
      "expansion": "disperse + -ive",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From disperse + -ive.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more dispersive",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most dispersive",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-adj"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "That becomes dispersed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dispersed",
          "dispersed"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "That causes dispersion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dispersion",
          "dispersion"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)sɪv"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "that causes dispersion",
      "word": "dispersivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "that causes dispersion",
      "word": "dispersivo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dispersive"
}