The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dispersive \Dis*pers"ive\, a. Tending to disperse.
Dispersive power (Opt.), the relative effect of a material in separating the different rays of light by refraction, as when the substance is formed into a prism. -- Dis*pers"ive*ness, n.
Wiktionary
a. 1 That becomes dispersed 2 That causes dispersion
WordNet
adj. spreading by diffusion [syn: diffusing(a), diffusive, disseminative, disseminating, scattering, spreading]
tending to disperse [syn: distributive]
Wikipedia
- Dispersive partial differential equation
- Dispersive phase from Biological dispersal
- Dispersive medium
- Dispersive line
- Dispersive mass transfer
- Dispersive power
- Dispersive fading
Usage examples of "dispersive".
When a chieftain is fighting in his own territory, it is dispersive ground.
Therefore, on dispersive ground, I would inspire my men with unity of purpose.
Sun Tzu said: The art of war recognizes nine varieties of ground: (1) Dispersive ground.
To have exercised his vivifying and fertilising influence over the minds of others his intellect was bound to be of the dispersive order.
Per Sun Tzu, the nine types of real estate were Dispersive, Frontier, Key, Communicating, Focal, Serious, Difficult, Encircled, and Death.
A very expensive scanning electron microscope hooked to an energy dispersive X-ray unit sat prominently in the corner.
According to the scanning electron microscope and energy dispersive X-ray, or SEM/EDX, the elemental composition of the material in question was magnesium.
Then all their fire will be revealed as their very high refractive power captures the light within and dispersive powers separate it into the spectral colours.