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To: rich4eagle who wrote (196022)10/25/2001 4:47:52 PM
From: jlallen  Respond to of 769670
 
Huh? Weaker word? Try wrong word... Dispersion is not appropriate to the context. Admit you were wrong, just like you are wrong about the flightpath....

dis•per•sion

Pronunciation: (di-spûr'zhun, -shun), [key]
—n.
1. Also,dispersal.an act, state, or instance of dispersing or of being dispersed.
2. Optics.
a. the variation of the index of refraction of a transparent substance, as glass, with the wavelength of light, with the index of refraction increasing as the wavelength decreases.
b. the separation of white or compound light into its respective colors, as in the formation of a spectrum by a prism.
3. Statistics.the scattering of values of a variable around the mean or median of a distribution.
4. Mil.a scattered pattern of hits of bombs dropped under identical conditions or of shots fired from the same gun with the same firing data.
5. Also called disperse' sys"tem. Physical Chem.a system of dispersed particles suspended in a solid, liquid, or gas.
6. (cap.) Diaspora (def. 1).