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# dispersal

«dispersal» in Mova's school dictionary: **Spreading things out over a wide area: seed dispersal** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (dispersal — usually uncountable; a dispersal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Spreading things out over a wide area: seed dispersal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispersal/#m1)

2) Making a crowd or group break up and go in different directions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispersal/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science «seed dispersal» means how plants spread their seeds — by wind, water, animals or bursting pods; police may order the dispersal of a crowd. Phrases: «seed dispersal», «dispersal by wind», «the dispersal of the crowd».

### examples

- Dandelion seeds use the wind for dispersal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispersal/#x1)
- Birds help with seed dispersal when they eat berries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispersal/#x2)
- Coconuts float, so water helps their dispersal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispersal/#x3)
- The police ordered the dispersal of the crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispersal/#x4)
- We learned about seed dispersal in science. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispersal/#x5)
- The dispersal of the smoke took an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispersal/#x6)

### note

Noun from the verb «disperse» (spread out). Not the same as «disposal» (getting rid of something). Mostly a school science and formal word.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dispersal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispersal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.