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Meaning of Dispersal | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية التفريق تفرقة
Čeština rozchod
Ελληνικά διάλυση
Suomi hajonta
Gàidhlig sgaoileadh
Bahasa Indonesia dispersal
日本語 解散 飛散
Latina dissipatio
Nederlands spreiding
Polski rozproszenie
Українська рознос

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 […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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