move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"
To disperse in different directions.
A shot played only as a last resort which separates balls that lie too close together.
The irregular dispersal of electromagnetic energy as it deflects off an object.
1. Same as scattering; or, sometimes used in referring to the scattered radiation. 2. The relative dispersion of points on a graph, especially with respect to a mean value, or any curve used to represent the points. See scatter diagram, spread.