dispersal

dispersal
    n 1: the act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the
         dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge"
         [syn: {dispersion}, {dispersal}, {dissemination},
         {diffusion}]
    

Dispersal \Dis*per"sal\, n.
   The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion.
   --Darwin.
   [1913 Webster]
    

69 Moby Thesaurus words for "dispersal":
      aloofness, anarchy, attenuation, breakup, broadcast, broadcasting,
      chaos, circumfusion, confusion, crack-up, deactivation,
      demobilization, detachment, diaspora, diffraction, diffusion,
      dilution, disbandment, discontinuity, discreteness, disintegration,
      disjunction, dislocation, dismissal, disorder, disorganization,
      dispensation, dispersion, disruption, dissemination, dissipation,
      dissolution, distribution, divergence, entropy, evaporation,
      exfoliation, expansion, fragmentation, incoherence, inconsistency,
      nonadhesion, noncohesion, parting, peppering, propagation,
      publication, radiation, release, revolution, scaling, scattering,
      scatterment, separateness, separation, shattering, shotgun pattern,
      sowing, spattering, splay, split-up, spread, spreading, sprinkling,
      strewing, unadherence, unadhesiveness, untenacity,
      volatilization