dispersals
Acts of scattering
Dispersals is the plural of dispersal, meaning instances of scattering or spreading out.
Seeds have their dispersals by wind or animals.
Crowds have their dispersals by police.
The word appears in ecological, military, and social contexts: The dispersals of refugee populations across Europe created new diaspora communities.
Each dispersal is a separate event of things being sent in different directions.
Mass departure from somewhere
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- outflowFluid exiting a system
- relocationPermanent change of residence
resettlement · displacement · flee · refuge · movement · population · colonies · settlers
Allocation across recipients
- spreadingExtending over space
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- disseminationWide distribution of information
- scatteringDistribution in many directions
broadcast · propagation · radiation · emanation · strewing · sowing · sprinkling · casting
Embryonic plant capsule
- sporeAsexual reproductive cell
- pollenFloral reproductive grains
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
colonization · windborne · waterborne · vectors · fruiting · pods · bursting · broadcast
Passive molecular spreading
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- particlesMinute pieces of matter
- aerosolMist in gas
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
emulsion · colloid · solute · concentration · gradient · entropy · molecules · atoms
Romantic relationship's termination
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- scatteringDistribution in many directions
- clearingTreeless space in forest
- evacuationRemoval from danger
disbanding · dismissal · departure · exodus · emptying · crowd · assembly · gathering
exodus
Mass departure from somewhere
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- outflowFluid exiting a system
relocation · resettlement · displacement · flee · refuge · movement · population · colonies · settlers · homesteading
distribution
Allocation across recipients
- spreadingExtending over space
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- disseminationWide distribution of information
scattering · broadcast · propagation · radiation · emanation · strewing · sowing · sprinkling · casting · disbursement
seed
Embryonic plant capsule
- sporeAsexual reproductive cell
- pollenFloral reproductive grains
- offspringBiological descendants produced
germination · colonization · windborne · waterborne · vectors · fruiting · pods · bursting · broadcast · fledging
diffusion
Passive molecular spreading
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- particlesMinute pieces of matter
- aerosolMist in gas
suspension · emulsion · colloid · solute · concentration · gradient · entropy · molecules · atoms · Brownian
breakup
Romantic relationship's termination
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- scatteringDistribution in many directions
- clearingTreeless space in forest
evacuation · disbanding · dismissal · departure · exodus · emptying · crowd · assembly · gathering · protest
dispersalsgatherings
Occasions of congregating
concentrations · assemblies · convergences · aggregations · accumulations
- crowd dispersal
- seed dispersalTransport of plant embryos