Dispersive

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Dispersive may refer to:

• Dispersive partial differential equation, a partial differential equation where waves of different wavelength propagate at different phase velocities
• Dispersive phase from Biological dispersal
• Dispersive medium, a medium in which waves of different frequencies travel at different velocities
• Dispersive adhesion, adhesion which attributes attractive forces between two materials to intermolecular interactions between molecules
• Dispersive mass transfer, the spreading of mass from highly concentrated areas to less concentrated areas
• Dispersive body waves, an aspect of seismic theory
• Dispersive prism, an optical prism
• Dispersive hypothesis, a DNA replication predictive hypothesis
• Dispersive fading, in wireless communication signals
• Dispersive line
• Dispersive power