He was anything but a philanthropist; his weaknesses, if he had any, were not dispersive, but thoroughly concentric.
"Springhaven A Tale of the Great War"
R. D. Blackmore
It did not spread out any more: a prism had no more dispersive power over it; it was deflected by the appropriate amount, but it was not analysed into constituents.
"Pioneers of Science"
Oliver Lodge
Even if this be a true account of the normal state, there is at any rate a kind of temperament among the many types of men, in which it seems as if the elements of character remain mere futile and dispersive particles, until compelled into unity and organisation by the creative shock of feminine influence.
"Rousseau Volumes I. and II."
John Morley