dispersed

dis·perse  (d-spûrs)

v. dis·persed, dis·pers·ing, dis·pers·es

v.tr.

1.

a. To drive off or scatter in different directions: The police dispersed the crowd.

b. To strew or distribute widely: The airplane dispersed the leaflets over the city.

2. To cause to vanish or disappear. See Synonyms at scatter.

3. To disseminate (knowledge, for example).

4. To separate (light) into spectral rays.

5. To distribute (particles) evenly throughout a medium.

v.intr.

1. To separate and move in different directions; scatter: The crowd dispersed once the concert ended.

2. To break up and vanish; dissipate: The storm clouds had dispersed by noon.

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[Middle English dispersen, from Old French disperser, from Latin dispergere, dispers-, to disperse : dis-, apart; see dis- + spargere, to scatter.]

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dis·persed·ly (-spûrsd-l) adv.

dis·perser n.

dis·persi·ble adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

dispersed - distributed or spread over a considerable extent; "has ties with many widely dispersed friends"; "eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe" spread distributed - spread out or scattered about or divided up

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dispersed

adjective spread-out, extensive, scattered, sprawling, expansive, fanned out his widely dispersed business

Translations

dispersed [dɪˈspɜː^rst] adj (= scattered) [population, community] → dispersé(e); [groups] → épars(e)