dispersion
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Dispersion of stocks has only once been higher when implied volatility, measured by the Vix, is so low.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
Dispersion, in this instance, means that the gap between the biggest gainers in the index and the biggest losers has grown unusually wide.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026
Dispersion is a fundamental property of electromagnetic waves.
From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2026
Those colors result from dispersion, the topic of Dispersion: The Rainbow and Prisms.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Dispersion, in optics, the angular separation of light rays of different colour, that is, of different wave-length.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
Vocabulary lists containing dispersion
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The Postclassical Period, c. 600 CE to c. 1450
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