Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dispersive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dispersive \Dis*pers"ive\, a.
Tending to disperse.
{Dispersive power} (Opt.), the relative effect of a material
in separating the different rays of light by refraction,
as when the substance is formed into a prism. --
{Dis*pers"ive*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dispersive
adj 1: spreading by diffusion [syn: {diffusing(a)}, {diffusive}, {disseminative},
{disseminating}, {scattering}, {spreading}]
2: tending to disperse [syn: {distributive}]
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