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underdispersed

underdispersed adjective: less than normally dispersed.

Adjective

underdispersed (not comparable)

  1. Less than normally dispersed
    • Moreover, their interspike-time and count distributions are well described by underdispersed gamma processes, indicating regularity in the release patterns.2015 December 17, “Vesicle Motion during Sustained Exocytosis in Chromaffin Cells: Numerical Model Based on Amperometric Measurements”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of underdispersed

From under- + dispersed.

Questions about underdispersed

What does underdispersed mean?
Underdispersed means less than normally dispersed.
What part of speech is underdispersed?
Underdispersed is an adjective.

Words near underdispersed in the dictionary

  1. underdiscrimination
  2. underdiscuss
  3. underdiscussed
  4. underdiscusses
  5. underdiscussing
  6. underdispersed
  7. underdispersion
  8. underdispersive
  9. underdistribute
  10. underdistributed
  11. underdistributes

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