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Noun Concept
Categories: Optical phenomena, Glass physics, Articles with short description
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dispersion  scattering  angular dispersion  anomalous dispersion  chromatic dispersion
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Spreading widely or driving off WordNet 3.0
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optics
physics
radiation
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Spreading widely or driving off WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In optics and in wave propagation in general, dispersion is the phenomenon in which the phase velocity of a wave depends on its frequency; sometimes the term chromatic dispersion is used for specificity to optics in particular. Wikipedia
Dependence of phase velocity on frequency Wikidata
The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions. Wiktionary
IS A
spread
phenomenon
HAS KIND
Diaspora
dissipation
acoustic dispersion
DERIVATION
disperse
disperse
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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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dispersion, scattering
Wikipedia
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dispersion (optics)
Wikidata
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dispersion
Wiktionary
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scattering
Wikipedia Redirections
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angular dispersion, anomalous dispersion, chromatic dispersion, Chromatic dispertion, Disperion (optics), Dispersion (physics), dispersion measure, dispersion of light, Dispersive and nondispersive media, dispersive medium, dispersive power, material dispersion, normal dispersion, optical dispersion, pulse broadening, Pulse dispersion, Pulse dispersion in fibre optics

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