disperse
verb
[ dɪˈspəːs ]
• distribute or spread over a wide area.
• "storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes"
Similar:
scatter,
disseminate,
distribute,
spread,
broadcast,
diffuse,
strew,
sow,
sprinkle,
pepper,
bestrew,
besprinkle,
disperse
adjective
• denoting a phase dispersed in another phase, as in a colloid.
• "emulsions should be examined after storage for droplet size of the disperse phase"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin dispers- ‘scattered’, from the verb dispergere, from dis- ‘widely’ + spargere ‘scatter, strew’.
