disperse

[US]/dɪˈspɜːs/
[UK]/dɪˈspɜːrs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. & vi. spre, drive bort
Word Forms
Third Person Singulardisperses
Past Participledispersed
Past Tensedispersed
Present Participledispersing
Pluraldisperses

Phrases & Collocations

dispersing the crowd

å spre mengden

dispersing seeds

å spre frø

disperse dye

spre fargestoff

disperse phase

spre fase

disperse system

spre system

Example Sentences

agitate the water to disperse the oil.

Rør i vannet for å spre oljen.

A prism disperses light.

Et prisme sprer lys.

The policemen dispersed the crowd.

Politifolk spredte folkemengden.

The clouds dispersed themselves.

Skyene spredte seg.

to decentralise and geographically disperse political and economic power

å desentralisere og geografisk spre politisk og økonomisk makt

storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes.

stormer kan spre frø via store høyder.

nasty gases and smoke disperse into the ether.

Ond lukt og røyk sprer seg i løse luften.

The crowd had dispersed when the police arrived.

Folkemengden hadde spredt seg da politiet kom.

A gust of wind dispersed the smoke from the stove.

En vindkast spredte røyken fra ovnen.

After school the children dispersed to their homes.

Etter skolen spredte barna seg til hjemmene sine.

The police fired into the air in an attempt to disperse the crowd.

Politiet skjøt mot luften i et forsøk på å spre folkemengden.

The airplane dispersed the leaflets over the city.

Flyet spredte utelaterne over byen.

The storm clouds had dispersed by noon.

Skyene hadde spredt seg innen kl. 12.

winds dispersed the bomb's radioactive cloud high in the atmosphere.

Vinden spredte bombens radioaktive sky høyt oppe i atmosfæren.

The density of population is low, meagerly-populated, live and disperse ;

Befolkningstettheten er lav, sparsomt befolket, bor og spred;

caravan sites could be dispersed among trees so as to be out of sight.

Campingplasser kan spres blant trær slik at de er skjult.

emulsions should be examined after storage for droplet size of the disperse phase.

Emulsjoner bør undersøkes etter lagring for dråpestørrelse på den dispergerte fasen.

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