dispersion : Idioms & Phrases

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dispersion medium

  • noun (of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed
    dispersing phase; dispersing medium.
WordNet

Dispersion of the optic axes

  • (Crystallog.), the separation of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different values for the different colors of the spectrum.
Webster 1913