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Dispersion [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of scattering.

2. The state of being scattered, or separated into remote parts; as, the Jews, in their dispersion retain their rites and ceremonies.

3. By way of eminence, the scattering or separation of the human family, at the building of Babel.

4. In optics, the divergency of the rays of light, or rather the separation of the different colored rays, in refraction, arising from their different refrangibilities. The point of dispersion , is the point where refracted rays begin to diverge.

5. In medicine and surgery, the removing of inflammation from a part, and restoring it to its natural state.

Dispersion [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel.

2. The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities.

Dispersion Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary

OF MANKIND. See DIVISION OF THE EARTH.

Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary
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