• Dispersedness

    Full definition of dispersedness

    Noun

    dispersedness

    (uncountable)
    1. The state or quality of being dispersed.
      • 1840, Samuel Higgs Gael, A Practical Treatise on the Analogy between Legal and General Composition, Butterworth (London), p. 233,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.
      • 1987, Alvin M. Saperstein, "An Enhanced Non-Provocative Defense in Europe," Journal of Peace Research, vol. 24., no. 1, p. 52,NATO's PGM militia will be protected from artillery fire and air attack primarily by their own dispersedness.
      • 2004, Markus C. Becker, " Organizational Routines: a review of the literature," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford, vol. 13, no. 4 (Aug.), p. 647,The dispersedness of knowledge is a driver of uncertainty.
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