# Dispersal

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'''Dispersal''' may refer to:

*[Biological dispersal](/source/Biological_dispersal), the movement of organisms away from aggregations of individuals such as movement from their birth site 
**[Dispersal vector](/source/Dispersal_vector), forces that carry seeds for plants
**[Oceanic dispersal](/source/Oceanic_dispersal), the movement of terrestrial organisms from one land mass to another by sea-crossing
**[Seed dispersal](/source/Seed_dispersal), the movement or transport of seeds away from the parent plant
*[Dispersal draft](/source/Dispersal_draft), a system in professional sports for reassigning players whose former team is defunct
*[Dispersal of ownership](/source/Dispersal_of_ownership), breaking up large media companies and media conglomerates to diversify ownership of property rights
*[Dispersal (military)](/source/Dispersal_(military)), strategic spreading-out of military personnel and equipment to reduce collateral damage
*[Dispersal prison](/source/Dispersal_prison), one of five secure prisons in the United Kingdom that houses Category A prisoners
*[Dispersal index](/source/Dispersal_index), for volcanic eruptions
*The ''dispersal area'' of an [aerodrome](/source/aerodrome), where aeroplanes are parked away from the runway.

==See also==
*[Dispersion (disambiguation)](/source/Dispersion_(disambiguation))
*[Dispersive (disambiguation)](/source/Dispersive_(disambiguation))
*[Dispersity](/source/Dispersity), a measure of the heterogeneity of sizes of molecules or particles in a mixture

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