# Dispersion

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'''Dispersion''' may refer to:
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==Economics and finance==
*[Dispersion (finance)](/source/Dispersion_(finance)), a measure for the statistical distribution of portfolio returns
*[Price dispersion](/source/Price_dispersion), a variation in prices across sellers of the same item
*[Wage dispersion](/source/Wage_dispersion), the amount of variation in wages encountered in an economy
*[Dispersed knowledge](/source/Dispersed_knowledge), notion that any one person is unable to perceive all economic forces

==Science and mathematics==
===Mathematics===
*[Statistical dispersion](/source/Statistical_dispersion), a quantifiable variation of measurements of differing members of a population
**[Index of dispersion](/source/Index_of_dispersion), a normalized measure of the dispersion of a probability distribution
*[Dispersion point](/source/Dispersion_point), a point in a topological space the removal of which leaves the space highly disconnected

===Physics===
*The dependence of wave velocity on frequency or wavelength:
**[Dispersion (optics)](/source/Dispersion_(optics)), for light waves
**[Dispersion (water waves)](/source/Dispersion_(water_waves)), for water waves
**[Acoustic dispersion](/source/Acoustic_dispersion), for sound waves
**[Dispersion relation](/source/Dispersion_relation), the mathematical description of dispersion in a system
**[Modal dispersion](/source/Modal_dispersion), spreading of signals in multimode fibers and waveguides by a distortion mechanism
***[Polarization mode dispersion](/source/Polarization_mode_dispersion), a form of modal dispersion
**[Dielectric dispersion](/source/Dielectric_dispersion), the dependence of the permittivity of a dielectric material on the frequency of an applied electric field
**[Dispersion measure](/source/Dispersion_measure), the dispersion of radio signals from pulsars and fast radio bursts
*[Dispersive mass transfer](/source/Dispersive_mass_transfer), in fluid dynamics, the spreading of mass from areas of high to low concentration
**[Atmospheric dispersion modeling](/source/Atmospheric_dispersion_modeling), mathematical simulation of how air pollutants disperse in the ambient atmosphere
*[London dispersion force](/source/London_dispersion_force), an instantaneous induced dipole-induced dipole
*[Dispersed particle resistance](/source/Dispersed_particle_resistance), a measured parameter to characterize battery active materials

===Other sciences===
*[Biological dispersal](/source/Biological_dispersal), the distribution of animals, spores, fruits and their seeds, etc.
*[Dispersion (chemistry)](/source/Dispersion_(chemistry)), a system in which particles are dispersed in a continuous phase of a different composition
*[Dispersion (geology)](/source/Dispersion_(geology)), a process whereby sodic soil disperses when exposed to water
*[Dispersion (materials science)](/source/Dispersion_(materials_science)), the fraction of atoms of a material exposed to the surface
*[Dispersion polymerization](/source/Dispersion_polymerization), a polymerization process
*[Velocity dispersion](/source/Velocity_dispersion), the statistical variation of velocities about the mean velocity for a group of astronomical objects

==Other uses==
*{{section link|Hellenistic Judaism|Hellenism}}, Jewish communities who lived amongst the gentiles in the first century CE
*[''Dispersion'' (album)](/source/Dispersion_(album)), the second album by High Rise
*[Dispersion Technology](/source/Dispersion_Technology), a scientific instrument manufacturer located in Bedford Hills, New York

==See also==
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*[Dispersal (disambiguation)](/source/Dispersal_(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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