Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dispersivity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-per-siv-i-ty
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An empirical property of a porous medium that determines the characteristic dispersion of the medium by relating the components of pore velocity to the dispersion coefficient.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From dispersive + -ity.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: dispersive

Usage

Inflected Forms

dispersivities (plural)

Derived Forms

polydispersivity

Frequently Paired Words

dispersal dispersedness dispersing dispersion dispersity interspersion

Questions

What does dispersivity mean?: An empirical property of a porous medium that determines the characteristic dispersion of the medium by relating the components of pore velocity to the dispersion coefficient.
Where does dispersivity come from?: From dispersive + -ity.

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