dispersion

[Fr.; Sp. dispercion; Ital. dispersione, all from Lat. dispersio, from dispersus, pa. par. of dispergo.] IMG:content-0148.png:[blocks in formation] Optics: The ratio of the angle of separation of two selected rays which have pa ed through a prism to the mean deviation of the two rays. The deviations of the two rays are proportional to the refracting angle. ( Ganot .) *dis-per-son-āte, v . t . [Pref. dis , and Eng. per sonate (q. v.).] To deprive of personality or individuality. "We multiply, we dis personate ourselves."- Hale . *dis-piër çe, v . t . [Prob.so written for disperse (q. v.).] To disperse (?). "That color doth dis pierce the light And stands untainted." Drayton: To the Lady J. S. 1457 dis-pir-it, v. t. [Pref. dis, and Eng.spirit (q.v.).] A. Transitive: 1. To deprive of spirit or courage; to depre the spirits of; to discourage, to dishearten, to deject, to damp. "The providence of God strikes not in with them, but dashes, and even dispirits, all their endeavors." -South. 2. To exhaust the spirits or bodily strength o.. "He has dispirited himself by a debauch, and drunk away his good humor."-Collier. *3. To disperse; to cause to pervade; to diffuse. "This dispirits the book into the scholar."- Fuller : Holy State , III. xviii. 5. (Davies.) dis-pir-It-ěd, pa. par. or a. [DISPIRIT.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective: 1. Lit .: Discouraged, disheartened, depre ed in spirit, dejected. "They are a succe ful army, and our men are dis . pirited , and not likely to get anything by fighting with them."-- Ludlow : Memoirs , i. 268. *2. Fig .: Spiritle , tame; without spirit or ani mation. IMG:content-0149.png:[blocks in formation] "Arsenical appensa have produced some of the noxious effects of arsenical poisons, and have caused in some great faintne and dispiritedne ."-Boyle: Works , v. 45. dis-pir-It-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [DISPIRIT.] A. & B. As. pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst. The act of disheartening, discouraging, or depre ing in spirits. *dis-pir-It-ment, s. [Eng. dispirit; -ment.] The act of dispiriting; the state of being dispirited or disheartened. "Burnt island, by force of gunboats and dispiritment , surrenders."- Carlyle : Letters and Speeches of Cromwell, iii. 139. *dis-pir-It-üde, s. [Eng. dispirit ; -ude.] The state of being dispirited; dejection, dispiritment. *dis-pit-ě-oŭs, a . [O. Fr. despiteux .] Pitile , unfeeling, heartle . "Turning dispiteous torture out of door!" Shakesp.: King John, iv. 1. *dis-pit-ě-oŭs-ly, adv . [Eng. dispiteous ; -ly.] In a pitile , unfeeling, or heartle manner. "Lord Hastings when he fearèd least, Dispiteously was murdered and opprest." Mirror for Magistrates, p. 438. dis-plā'çe, v . t . [O. Fr. des place ; Fr. déplacer : O. Fr. des =Fr.dé Lat. dis =away, apart, and placer =to place.] 1. To put out of or remove from the usual or proper place. "My shrubs displaced from that retreat." Cowper: The Faithful Bird. 2. To remove, to take away. "O Israel, of all nations most undone! Thy diadem displaced , thy scepter gone." Cowper : Expostulation , 257, 258. II. Technically : display 1. Chem. The method of extracting the active principles of organic bodies by first reducing the body to a powder, and then subjecting the powder to the action of a liquid, by which the soluble mat. ter is di olved. When the liquid is sufficiently charged it is displaced by an additional quantity of the same or another liquid. 2. Shipbuilding : The weight of water displaced, which is equal to the weight of the ve el and that of her lading. *dis-plā-çen-çỹ, s. [O. Fr. desplaisance ; Fr déplaisance , from Low Lat. displacentia : Lat. displicentia = di atisfaction, dislike: dis = away, apart, and placeo =to please Cf. COMPLACENCY.] 1. Dislike, displeasure, di atisfaction. "If a thing or a person gives us pleasure, or seems fit to do us good, we regard it with complacence or delight; if fit to do us evil, or deprive us of pleasure, with displa cency, or to use a more common word, with dislike."Beattie: Moral Science, pt. ii., ch. xi., § 5. 2. Anything displeasing or disobliging. "The displacencies that he receives, by the consequences of his exce , far outweigh all that is grateful in it."-More: Decay of Piety. dis-plāç-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [DISPLACE.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of removing out of place, or from any office or post; displacement. rest." Speed pheng bert "By the displacing of Hubert, Earl of Kent, and the