dispersedness

Etymology

dispersed + -ness

noun

  1. The state or quality of being dispersed.
    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. 1840, Samuel Higgs Gael, A Practical Treatise on the Analogy between Legal and General Composition, London: Butterworth, page 233
    NATO's PGM militia will be protected from artillery fire and air attack primarily by their own dispersedness. 1987, Alvin M. Saperstein, “An Enhanced Non-Provocative Defense in Europe”, in Journal of Peace Research, volume 24, number 1, page 52
    The dispersedness of knowledge is a driver of uncertainty. 2004 Aug, Markus C. Becker, “Organizational Routines: a review of the literature”, in Industrial and Corporate Change, volume 13, number 4, Oxford, page 647

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