noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
dispersion; scattering; distribution; decentralization
General use for spreading out, breaking up, or distributing things, people, or functions. Can be transitive or intransitive.
リスクを分散するために投資先を増やした。
I increased my investments to diversify risk.
人口が都市から地方へ分散している。
The population is dispersing from cities to rural areas.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
variance
Statistical term for the measure of spread in a data set.
このデータの分散を計算してください。
Please calculate the variance of this data.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
Physics/chemistry term for the separation of waves or particles, e.g., light dispersion.
プリズムによる光の分散を観察した。
We observed the dispersion of light through a prism.