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  • Dispersion is characterized mathematically by what is called a dispersion relation, a functional relationship between the frequency of a wave and its wavenumber in the medium, i.e. ω = ω (k).

    Optics basics: Defining the velocity of a wave « Skulls in the Stars 2008

  • Dispersion is higher in governments with federalism, bi-cameralism (that's 2 houses in the legislature), and the use of referendums.

    La Profesora Abstraida 2004

  • Dispersion is higher in governments with federalism, bi-cameralism (that's 2 houses in the legislature), and the use of referendums.

    Archive 2004-04-01 2004

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  • (The suffering of Israel in the various lands of the Dispersion is their principal theme.)

    The Fourth Hand Irving, John, 1942- 2001

  • _Taape_, or "Dispersion," which is said to have been the place where a party broke up and dispersed after a visit to the heavens.

    Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before George Turner

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