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noun
A substance that stabilizes a dispersion; an emulsifier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A particular kind of bipartite graph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
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noun
An organism that disperses something, such as seeds, in the environment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
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History
Etymology tree English disperse Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English disperser From disperse + -er.
