dispersing
Breaking up, separating
Dispersing is spreading or scattering in different directions.
A crowd disperses when it breaks up and people go their separate ways.
Smoke disperses as it diffuses through air.
Police disperse protesters.
Seeds disperse on the wind.
The word implies movement outward from a central point or concentration: The fog was dispersing as the sun rose.
Distribution in many directions
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- disseminationWide distribution of information
- propagationAct of spreading widely
spreading · circulation · broadcast · sowing · strewing · sprinkle · strew · disbursement
Unclear, indistinct
- mistyObscured by vapor
- foggyObscured by vapor
- nebulousUnclear and formless
- cloudyObscured by atmosphere
vague · blurred · indistinct · faint · dim · murky · softened · ethereal
Light scattering of particles
- scatterDistribute in random directions
- strewDisperse irregularly across
- splatterScatter in drops
- sprayDispersed liquid droplets
spew · fling · toss · shower · pepper · broadcast · sowing · ejecta
Transmitted media signal
- publishIssue for distribution
- circulateMove in a loop
- distributeDivide and deliver
- transmitTo send onward
communicate · propagate · relay · convey · announce · publicize · proclaim · promulgate
scattering
Distribution in many directions
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- disseminationWide distribution of information
propagation · spreading · circulation · broadcast · sowing · strewing · sprinkle · strew · disbursement · allocation
hazy
Unclear, indistinct
cloudy · vague · blurred · indistinct · faint · dim · murky · softened · ethereal · gauzy
sprinkle
Light scattering of particles
spray · spew · fling · toss · shower · pepper · broadcast · sowing · ejecta · shrapnel
broadcast
Transmitted media signal
- publishIssue for distribution
- circulateMove in a loop
- distributeDivide and deliver
transmit · communicate · propagate · relay · convey · announce · publicize · proclaim · promulgate · inform
- crowd adjectivespacked, dense, massive, huge, enormous
- mixingmix, stir, blend, shake, combine
- passenger behaviorboarding, exiting, sitting, standing, waiting
- driving awayrepelling, banishing, forcing out, warding off, fending off
- vanishingdisappearance, vanish, vanishing, disappear, fading
- contaminationpolluting, contaminating, fouling, tainting, poisoning
dispersinggathering
Collection of people meeting
collecting · concentrating · converging · clustering · centralizing
dispersingamassing
Collecting in quantity
accumulating · aggregating · amalgamating · stockpiling · hoarding
dispersingcongregating
Collecting in a group
assembling · rallying · convening · mustering · mobilizing
- dispersion relationFrequency as wavenumber function