Dispersive may refer to: *

Dispersive partial differential equation In mathematics, a dispersive partial differential equation or dispersive PDE is a partial differential equation that is dispersive. In this context, dispersion means that waves of different wavelength propagate at different phase velocities. Exa ...

, a partial differential equation where waves of different wavelength propagate at different phase velocities * Dispersive phase from Biological dispersal * Dispersive medium, a medium in which waves of different frequencies travel at different velocities * Dispersive adhesion, adhesion which attributes attractive forces between two materials to intermolecular interactions between molecules * Dispersive mass transfer, the spreading of mass from highly concentrated areas to less concentrated areas * Dispersive body waves, an aspect of seismic theory * Dispersive prism, an optical prism * Dispersive hypothesis, a DNA replication predictive hypothesis * Dispersive fading, in wireless communication signals * Dispersive line *

Dispersive power In optics, and by analogy other branches of physics dealing with wave propagation, dispersion is the phenomenon in which the phase velocity of a wave depends on its frequency; sometimes the term chromatic dispersion is used for specificity to o ...

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