dispersedness

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noun

The state or quality of being dispersed.

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Meanings

noundispersedness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being dispersed.

    The dispersedness of knowledge is a driver of uncertainty.

    2004 Aug, Markus C. Becker, “Organizational Routines: a review of the literature”, in Industrial and Corporate Change, volume 13, number 4, Oxford, page 647
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    Such is the dispersedness of these rules and directions, that it seems a compilation of the kind could not be made with a reasonable degree of completeness.

    1840, Samuel Higgs Gael, A Practical Treatise on the Analogy between Legal and General Composition, London: Butterworth, page 233

    NATO's PGM militia will be protected from artillery fire and air attack primarily by their own dispersedness.

    1987, Alvin M. Saperstein, “An Enhanced Non-Provocative Defense in Europe”, in Journal of Peace Research, volume 24, number 1, page 52

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dispersion

Origin

From dispersed + -ness.

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