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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of dispersing or diffusing something;
- Example: "the dispersion of the troops"
- Example: "the diffusion of knowledge"
[syn: dispersion, dispersal, dissemination, diffusion]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dispersal \Dis*per"sal\, n.
   The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion.
   --Darwin.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dispersal
    n 1: the act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the
         dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge"
         [syn: dispersion, dispersal, dissemination,
         diffusion]