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dis·per·sive

(dĭ-spûr′sĭv, -zĭv)

adj.

1. Tending to become dispersed.

2. Tending to produce dispersion.

dis·per′sive·ly adv.

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dispersive

(dɪˈspɜːsɪv)

adj

tending or serving to disperse

disˈpersively adv

disˈpersiveness n

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dis•per•sive

(dɪˈspɜr sɪv)

adj.

serving or tending to disperse.

[1620–30]

dis•per′sive•ly, adv.

dis•per′sive•ness, n.

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Adj.

dispersive - spreading by diffusion

diffusing, diffusive, disseminative

distributive - serving to distribute or allot or disperse

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When a chieftain is fighting in his own territory, it is dispersive ground.

Therefore, on dispersive ground, I would inspire my men with unity of purpose.

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Bagherzadeh, "Fractional derivatives based scheme for FDTD modeling of nth-order Cole-Cole dispersive media," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol.

Fractional Calculus-Based Modeling of Electromagnetic Field Propagation in Arbitrary Biological Tissue

Also a fourth-order ad hoc dispersive term--[hu.sub.xxxx] was added to account for the dispersion.

On mechanical aspects of nerve pulse propagation and the Boussinesq paradigm/Narviimpulsi leviku mehaanilised aspektid ja Boussinesqi paradigma

The Supermini200 benchtop wavelength dispersive x-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) spectrometer is said to have improved software capabilities, as well as a better footprint.

WDXRF spectrometer

The use of nonpolar organic probes such as n-alkanes leads to the determination of dispersive surface free energy while the use of specific organic probes with known acceptor-donor properties leads to specific surface free energy, i.e., acid-base properties.

Determination of surface energies and acidity-basicity numbers of protonated and deprotonated forms of poly(sulfonic acid diphenyl aniline) by inverse gas chromatography

The measurement platform holds both wavelength dispersive (WD) and energy dispersive (ED) cores integrated by SumXcore technology in one instrument.

Spectrometer combines X-ray technologies

With up to four complementary technologies on one multi-functional XRF platform, the new Zetium is designed to "change the way scientists think about XRF analysis." The measurement platform of Zetium holds both wavelength dispersive (WD) and energy dispersive (ED) cores for the first time in one instrument.

PANalytical introduces new spectrometer

Rigorous application of SBC has allowed a development team including Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lockheed Martin Laser and Sensor Systems and Advanced Thin Films to develop the EXtreme-power, Ultra-low-loss, Dispersive Element (EXUDE) optical element, the first-ever electrically efficient, near-diffraction-limited 30-kW beam combined laser.

Powerful single-output laser

In this paper, through solving numerically the generalized nonlinear Schrodinger equation describing propagation of femtosecond pulse in silicon waveguide under certain parametric conditions by the combination of split-step Fourier and Runge-Kutta integration methods, the dispersive wave emission and supercontinuum generation in silicon waveguide are investigated by propagating femtosecond solitons.

Description of dispersive wave emission and supercontinuum generation in silicon waveguides using split-step fourier and Runge-Kutta integration methods

The FDTD method [18-20] as a powerful and robust tool has been applied in solving various EM problems, including those concerned with frequency dispersive and non-dispersive materials due to its simplicity and accuracy.

A dispersive conformal FDTD technique for accurate modeling electromagnetic scattering of THZ waves by inhomogeneous plasma cylinder array

Few extensions have been made into direct PWE to accommodate the dispersive materials.