DISPERSAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of dispersing or diffusing something

Example:

the diffusion of knowledge

Synonyms:

diffusion; dispersal; dispersion; dissemination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("dispersal" is a kind of...):

spread; spreading (act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dispersal"):

crop-dusting; spraying (the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft))

Derivation:

disperse (cause to become widely known)