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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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disperse XIV. — F.
disperser, f.
dispers — L.
dispersus, pp. of
dispergere, f.
DIS- 1 +
spargere strew.
Hence
dispersal XIX; see
-AL 2.
dispersion XIV (earliest in spec. meaning of ‘Jews dispersed among Gentiles after the Babylonian Captivity’ tr. Gr.
DIASPORA).
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Dispersions: Flush vs. Dry Pigment.
Magazine article from: Ink World; 11/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...prominent dispersion processes...dry pigment dispersions. These processes...Dry Pigment Dispersions Able to yield...water-based dispersion of between...choosing a dispersion process is...to pigment dispersions for offset...
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Dispersion of categorical variables and penalty functions: derivation, estimation, and comparability.
Magazine article from: Journal of the American Statistical Association; 12/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; Measures of dispersion for categorical random variables based...systematic and rigorous construction of dispersion measures based on penalty functions...ensure a meaningful comparability of dispersion measures based on penalty functions...
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Dispersions improve consistency, mixing cycles: Part 2 of 2.
Magazine article from: Rubber & Plastics News; 1/23/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...form metal oxide dispersions as mixing aids...paste is the wax dispersion. A typical binder...paraffin wax dispersions is shown in Fig...this case, the dispersion also may contain...dilaurate. Powder dispersions Some of the most...
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Aqueous dispersions for ultraviolet light curable coatings.
Magazine article from: The Journal of Coatings Technology; 11/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...the resulting dispersions were about 65% solids. Dispersion viscosity was...here that all dispersions evaluated to date...behavior. The dispersion viscosity decreases...three types of dispersions: dispersion of acrylated urethane...
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The Dispersion Market.
Magazine article from: Ink World; 11/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...suspension. If the dispersion is stable...separated." "Dispersions, in their...transparency. A good dispersion must also...well." "Dispersions are stable...water-based dispersions. Providing Value A good dispersion can do more...
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QT dispersion failed to estimate the global dispersion of ventricular repolarization measured using monophasic action potential mapping technique in swine and patients
Magazine article from: Journal of Electrocardiology; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...evaluate whether the QT dispersion measured from 12...estimate the global dispersion of ventricular repolarization...lead ECG, and QT dispersions; namely the differences...We found that QT dispersions were significantly...significant difference in QT dispersion between these 2 subgroups...
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Taming Dispersion in Tomorrow's High-Speed network.
Newspaper article from: Fiberoptic Product News; 7/1/2001; 700+ words
; Dispersion challenges must be solved in order to...formidable technical challenge called dispersion, which is the degradation of optical...distance. There are three types of dispersion: chromatic; its subset, slope mismatch...
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Dispersion in High Viscosity Ratio Polyolefin Blends.(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Polymer Engineering and Science; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...mechanism is central to the dispersion process and that in many...was essential for proper dispersion. However, the melting stage...screw extruder. Similar dispersions were found regardless of...present study focuses on the dispersion of high viscosity high...
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Overcoming dispersion challenges in long haul networking: although there are partial solutions available to address specific dispersion problems, today's carriers seek one comprehensive, adaptive solution.
Newspaper article from: Fiber Optic Technology; 8/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...obstacle to upgrading an existing long-haul network or adding new network links is dispersion--specifically polarization mode dispersion, chromatic dispersion, and fiber nonlinearities (fiber nonlinearities include self-phase modulation...
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Tunable chromatic dispersion management devices: developers of highly-secured communication networks are considering novel applications of tunable dispersion devices.
Newspaper article from: Fiberoptic Product News; 5/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...rise to the need for more advanced chromatic dispersion management solutions. Moves toward higher bit...flexibility and accuracy when correcting for dispersion. Historically, dispersion management has been accomplished through the...
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diffusion and dispersion in groundwater flow
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
diffusion and dispersion in groundwater flow Dissolved constituents, or solutes...groundwater flow. The general process of spreading is known as dispersion. While dispersion reduces contaminant concentrations in the aquifer, a potentially...
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dispersion
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
dispersion 1. The spreading of a body of water as it flows. Lateral dispersion is the widening of the path taken by ground...granular nature of the rock matrix. Longitudinal dispersion is the spreading out of a body of water along...
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velocity dispersion
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
velocity dispersion The spread of velocities of stars or...of selected members, the velocity dispersion of the cluster can be estimated, and...from the virial theorem . The velocity dispersion of individual stars in a star cluster...
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dispersion measure
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
dispersion measure A measure of the amount of dispersion suffered by radio waves from an astronomical object...conventionally measured in parsecs per cubic centimetre. Dispersion measure is readily obtained from accurate timing of pulsars...
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dispersion coefficient
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
dispersion coefficient The measure of the spread of data about the mean value, or with reference to some other theoretically important threshold or spatial location, e.g. the standard deviation. See also DISPERSION ; UNDERDISPERSION ; and OVERDISPERSION .
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