Look up dispersion or dispersed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dispersion may refer to: Dispersion (finance), a measure for the statistical distribution...
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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...
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electrical engineering, dispersion relations describe the effect of dispersion on the properties of waves in a medium. A dispersion relation relates the...
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London dispersion forces (LDF, also known as dispersion forces, London forces, instantaneous dipole–induced dipole forces, fluctuating induced dipole bonds...
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In statistics, dispersion (also called variability, scatter, or spread) is the extent to which a distribution is stretched or squeezed. Common examples...
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In astronomy, the velocity dispersion (σ) is the statistical dispersion of velocities about the mean velocity for a group of astronomical objects, such...
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communication, an intramodal dispersion, is a category of dispersion that occurs within a single mode optical fiber. This dispersion mechanism is a result of...
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Dispersion-shifted fiber (DSF) is a type of optical fiber made to optimize both low dispersion and low attenuation. Dispersion Shifted Fiber is a type...
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optical fiber, the zero-dispersion wavelength is the wavelength or wavelengths at which material dispersion and waveguide dispersion cancel one another. In...
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Taylor dispersion or Taylor diffusion is an apparent or effective diffusion of some scalar field arising on the large scale due to the presence of a strong...
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In acoustics, acoustic dispersion is the phenomenon of a sound wave separating into its component frequencies as it passes through a material. The phase...
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In the physics of continuous media, spatial dispersion is usually described as a phenomenon where material parameters such as permittivity or conductivity...
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Atmospheric dispersion modeling is the mathematical simulation of how air pollutants disperse in the ambient atmosphere. It is performed with computer...
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In computational mathematics, numerical dispersion is a difficulty with computer simulations of continua (such as fluids) wherein the simulated medium...
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Non-zero dispersion-shifted fiber (NZDSF), specified in ITU-T G.655, is a type of single-mode optical fiber which was designed to overcome the problems...
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In economics, wage dispersion is the variation in wages encountered in an economy. Search theory Price dispersion Economic inequality Wage ratio Dale T...
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Modal dispersion is a distortion mechanism occurring in multimode fibers and other waveguides, in which the signal is spread in time because the propagation...
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In fluid dynamics, dispersion of water waves generally refers to frequency dispersion, which means that waves of different wavelengths travel at different...
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economics, price dispersion is variation in prices across sellers of the same item, holding fixed the item's characteristics. Price dispersion can be viewed...
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throughout a continuous phase. Note 1: Modification of definition in ref. A dispersion is a system in which distributed particles of one material are dispersed...
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Mount Dispersion Mount Dispersion, in south-western New South Wales, is the location of the massacre of Aboriginal Australians by Major Thomas Mitchell...
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Jewish diaspora (redirect from Dispersion of the Jews in the Roman Empire)
romanized: təfūṣā) or exile (Hebrew: גָּלוּת gālūṯ; Yiddish: golus) is the dispersion of Israelites or Jews out of their ancient ancestral homeland (the Land...
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IUPAC definition Dispersion polymerization: Precipitation polymerization in which monomer(s), initiator(s), and colloid stabilizer(s) are dissolved in...
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Pigment dispersion syndrome (PDS) is an eye disorder that can lead to a form of glaucoma known as pigmentary glaucoma. It takes place when pigment cells...
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Colloid (redirect from Dispersion of colloids)
colloidal emulsions, colloidal suspensions, colloidal foams, colloidal dispersions, or hydrosols. Aerogel Jello cubes Colloidal silica gel with light opalescence...
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An emulsion dispersion is thermoplastics or elastomers suspended in a liquid state by means of emulsifiers. Emulsions are thermodynamically unstable liquid/liquid...
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In optics, group-velocity dispersion (GVD) is a characteristic of a dispersive medium, used most often to determine how the medium affects the duration...
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materials science, dispersion is the fraction of atoms of a material exposed to the surface. In general, D = NS/N, where D is the dispersion, NS is the number...
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probability theory and statistics, the index of dispersion, dispersion index, coefficient of dispersion, relative variance, or variance-to-mean ratio (VMR)...
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signal. Modal dispersion during propagation in the waveguide then provides group velocity dispersion to the signal. The large modal dispersion inherent to...
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