Dispersal

Definitions

1. The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion.
   countable, uncountable
2. A dispersal prison.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“For a time, Okeh picked up the disk for national dispersal.”

“Plant⟳ breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use⟳ are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try⟳, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.”

“Problems of control⟳ in dispersals and in other prisons necessarily instigated a multiplicity of working theories to explain⟳ the difficulties […]”

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