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dispersible

dispersible

6.0
Able to dissolve and mix easily in water
  • adjective
  • /dɪˈspɜːrsəbl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : dispersable
  • Before using the medicine, ensure that it is in a dispersible form for better absorption.

Examples

  • Information, whether signals or genetic, must be encoded in either energetic terms, such as sound waves, or in material terms, such as pheromones or genetically dispersible materials like spores.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The powder is dispersible in water, making it easy to mix into drinks.

  • For these uses, it is taken once a day and comes in tablets (enteric coated and otherwise) and as a soluble (dispersible) preparation.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The new formula includes a dispersible agent that helps it dissolve quickly in liquids.

Synonyms

scatterable
vsdispersible
4.8

Can be spread easily over an area, like seeds or confetti

is about spreading when mixed into a liquid
diffusible
vsdispersible
  • Specialized
7.2

Able to pass through a material, like a gas or liquid

spreads when mixed into a liquid rather than by diffusion

Antonyms

concentrated
  • Specialized
4.4

A liquid that has a large amount of something mixed into it

How Scatterable

dispersible
  • Specialized
6.0
loose
70 1.0
stable
473 2.3

Surface Forms

dispersible positive

Morphology

dispersible = disperse (transparent) = disperse + ible

Formed by adding the adjectival suffix '-ible' to the verb 'disperse', yielding 'able to be dispersed', a directly derivable meaning.

Etymology

Dispersible comes from the word disperse and the parts dis- and perse, which mean 'to scatter' or 'spread out'. So something dispersible can be easily spread or mixed into a liquid, like a tablet that breaks up in water.