See Also: dispersive(medicine)
dispersive(dictionary)
Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy(medicine)

burglarize (oh) and dispersive (iou)


burglarize (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: burglar]
AmE to go into a building and steal things
British Equivalent: burgle

dispersive (iou)



dispersive adjective. E17.
[from DISPERSE verb + -IVE. Cf. Old & mod. French dispersif, -ive.]
Having the character or quality of dispersing, serving or tending to disperse something; Physics causing dispersion (of light etc.).
dispersiveness noun M19.
disper'sivity noun the degree to which the refractive index of a substance varies with wavelength E20.