It seems equally capable of being fitted in to the 'dispersive' theory, and of being regarded as an emanation or radiation proceeding direct from the human heart.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recent Developments in European Thought] Reference

Unlike glass, diamond is highly "dispersive," so white light is spread out into a broader spectrum, hence the beautiful colors, or "fire.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Readthehook.com - Current Articles] Reference

His black hair denies the soft light a hold on its dispersive form.    From Wordnik.com.  [Homecoming] Reference

A scanning electron microscope with an energy dispersive x-ray system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Predator]

When a chieftain is fighting in his own territory, it is dispersive ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of War] Reference

Therefore, on dispersive ground, I would inspire my men with unity of purpose.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of War] Reference

Stones of high dispersive power will display vivid color play in this position.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference

The group velocity then depends upon the dispersive term &n/&f, which can give a faster group velocity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Faster-Than-Light Pulsar Phenomena | Universe Today] Reference

I had neither a prism nor a diffraction grating to use as the dispersive device that generates the spectrum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roy J. Glauber - Autobiography] Reference

Material: Gold, 99 percent pure (almost 24-karat) (energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry, Metropolitan Museum of Art).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Phiale of Achyris] Reference

We may now consider how an acquaintance with the dispersive powers of the various stones can be used in distinguishing them.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference

If you send in white light, a dispersive element like a prism, bends at different rates when it goes through glass obliquely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Podcast: Steampunk Panel at ReaderCon] Reference

Which ever the case, the plasma wave has dispersive properties which permit a group velocity to be larger than the speed of light.    From Wordnik.com.  [Faster-Than-Light Pulsar Phenomena | Universe Today] Reference

X-ray dispersive spectroscopy can tell you what elements are in a sample, but not what molecules those elements are incorporated into.    From Wordnik.com.  [Was it Nanotech-Thermite or Phasers that took down the WTC?] Reference

There seems, therefore, no necessity to regard the 'pre-formation' theory of evolution, rather than the 'dispersive theory, as essential to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recent Developments in European Thought] Reference

"If we convert the energy-dispersive scanning system on the torpedoes to an X-ray fluorescence detector tuned to the indium emission peak of duranium alloy".    From Wordnik.com.  [Time's Enemy]

Passion -- dispersive, excessive, chaotic -- breaks or at least threatens boundaries of all sorts: as in "The Road of Excess leads to the Palace of Wisdom.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Passion and Romantic Poetics] Reference

Mei Yao-ch ` en says it is "a position not far enough advanced to be called 'facile,' and not near enough to home to be 'dispersive,' but something between the two.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of War] Reference

Figure 13: Human mobility in terms of dispersive model.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy Bulletin -] Reference

Conversely, if the dispersive term was not present, leaving only the ODE.    From Wordnik.com.  [What's new] Reference

The process of evolution is, and has been from the beginning, dispersive.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Idea of God in Early Religions] Reference

If the nonlinear term was not present, leaving only the dispersive equation.    From Wordnik.com.  [What's new] Reference

In this regime, the dividing line between dispersive and nonlinear behaviour is now.    From Wordnik.com.  [What's new] Reference

Figure 9: Data of reservoir sizes for North Sea (blue dots) plotted alongside dispersive model.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy Bulletin -] Reference

The very lines, on which the process of evolution has moved, show the process to be dispersive.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Idea of God in Early Religions] Reference

Its evolution is not in one continuous line, but is radiative from one common centre, and is dispersive.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Idea of God in Early Religions] Reference

Using, however, a spectroscope of exceptionally high dispersive power, Professor Young of Princeton, New.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition] Reference

Figure 7: RAD histograms of dispersive models with specific Local start time and smeared Meta start time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy Bulletin -] Reference

Qualitatively this also agrees with what the dispersive formulation says if we apply low values of the dispersion factor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy Bulletin -] Reference

In terms of the dispersive model, the value of D will likely shift to smaller values without changing the nature of the curve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy Bulletin -] Reference

XLD-Extra Low Dispersion lens is made from specialized high-grade glass that has lower dispersive properties than standard LD lenses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Imaging Resource News Page] Reference

They also used a technique called energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry to determine the chemical characteristics of the fossil bones.    From Wordnik.com.  [Livescience.com] Reference

In this way each prism produces its own dispersive effect and, when a number of prisms are employed, the final dispersion is considerable.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told] Reference