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Dispersive   Listen
adjective
Dispersive  adj.  Tending to disperse.
Dispersive power (Opt.), the relative effect of a material in separating the different rays of light by refraction, as when the substance is formed into a prism.






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"Dispersive" Quotes from Famous Books



... substance are), and holding other active substances at different times, to compare the effects which they produce upon the constitution. After such experiment, if the effects should in any case be greater than we desire, the influence should be removed by dispersive passes on the hands and down ...
— Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 - Volume 1, Number 12 • Various

... in various portions of its area, different variations from the type would be selected, and, were they completely isolated, would soon become distinctly modified forms; but this process is checked by the dispersive powers of the whole species, which leads to the more or less frequent intermixture of the incipient varieties, which thus become irregular and unstable. Where, however, a species has a limited range, it indicates ...
— Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection - A Series of Essays • Alfred Russel Wallace

... deg., for flint glass 38 deg.41', and for diamond 23 deg.42'. Thus all the light incident from two complete quadrants, or 180 deg., in the case of diamond, is condensed into an angular space of 47 deg.22' (twice 23 deg.42') by refraction. Coupled with its great refraction, are the great dispersive and great reflective powers of diamond; hence the extraordinary radiance of the gem, both as regards white ...
— Six Lectures on Light - Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 • John Tyndall



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