· spreading widely or driving off
Synonym(s): scattering
Hypernym(s): spread, spreading
· the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume; "worldwide in distribution"; "the distribution of nerve fibers"; "in complementary distribution"
Synonym(s): distribution
Hypernym(s): spacing, spatial_arrangement
· the act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge"
Synonym(s): dispersal, dissemination, diffusion
Hypernym(s): spread, spreading