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hyperdispersed

hyperdispersed adjective: dispersed with greater distances between individuals than would be expected if random.

Adjective

hyperdispersed (not comparable)

  1. dispersed with greater distances between individuals than would be expected if random
    • When collaborating, resources were mostly hidden in clumpy distributions, but when competing, resources were hidden in more dispersed (random or hyperdispersed) patterns to increase the searching difficulty for the other player.2015 July 9, “A Game of Hide and Seek: Expectations of Clumpy Resources Influence Hiding and Searching Patterns”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of hyperdispersed

From hyper- + dispersed.

Questions about hyperdispersed

What does hyperdispersed mean?
Hyperdispersed means dispersed with greater distances between individuals than would be expected if random.
What part of speech is hyperdispersed?
Hyperdispersed is an adjective.

Words near hyperdispersed in the dictionary

  1. hyperdisciplined
  2. hyperdiscriminability
  3. hyperdiscriminable
  4. hyperdispersant
  5. hyperdispersants
  6. hyperdispersed
  7. hyperdispersion
  8. hyperdissyllable
  9. hyperdissyllables
  10. hyperdistended
  11. hyperdistensibility

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