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verspreiding — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dissemination noun The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.
  • dissipation noun The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
  • distribution noun The act of spreading or handing something out.
  • prevalence noun How common or widespread something is in a particular place or group.
  • scattering noun A small, irregularly spread amount of something.

Senses

verspreiding is used for these senses in English:

  • dissemination The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.
  • dissipation The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
  • distribution The frequency of occurrence or extent of existence.
  • prevalence The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.
  • scattering (physics) The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.

dissipation — full definition

  1. noun The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
  2. noun A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
  3. noun A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
  4. noun A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system.

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