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English
Etymology
From dispersed + -ness.
Noun
dispersedness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being dispersed.
1840, Samuel Higgs Gael, A Practical Treatise on the Analogy between Legal and General Composition, London: Butterworth, page 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”, in Journal of Peace Research, volume 24, number 1, page 52:NATO's PGM militia will be protected from artillery fire and air attack primarily by their own dispersedness.
2004 Aug, Markus C. Becker, “Organizational Routines: a review of the literature”, in Industrial and Corporate Change, volume 13, number 4, Oxford, page 647:The dispersedness of knowledge is a driver of uncertainty.
Translations
state or quality of being dispersed
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.