Definition

1. Verb:

   • To disperse: To spread or distribute things or people over a wide area, or to cause a group to break up and go in different directions.
   • To scatter: To cause things or people to separate and move apart in various, often random, directions.
   • To decentralize: To distribute functions, powers, or people away from a central authority or location.

2. Adjective:

   • Dispersed: Describing something that is spread out over a large area and not concentrated in one place.
   • Scattered: Describing things or people that are spread far apart in an irregular way.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cảnh sát phân tán đám đông. (The police dispersed the crowd.)
  • Công ty quyết định phân tán các trung tâm dữ liệu. (The company decided to decentralize its data centers.)
• Adjective:
  • Dân cư ở vùng này sống rất phân tán. (The population in this region lives very dispersed.)
  • Sự chú ý của anh ấy bị phân tán. (His attention is scattered.)

Advanced Usage

• "Phân tán rủi ro": To diversify risk (in finance or investment).
  • Nhà đầu tư thông minh luôn phân tán rủi ro. (A smart investor always diversifies risk.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sự phân tán (n): Dispersion, scattering.
  • Sự phân tán của ánh sáng. (The dispersion of light.)
• Phân tán học tập (n): Distributed practice (a learning technique).
  • Phân tán học tập giúp ghi nhớ lâu hơn. (Distributed practice helps with long-term memory.)

Synonyms

• Disperse: To break up and spread out.
• Scatter: To throw or spread things loosely.
• Decentralize: To move from a single central point to multiple local points.

Antonyms

• Tập trung (v): To concentrate, to gather.
• Tụ tập (v): To assemble, to congregate.

Related Idioms

• Đầu tư phân tán: Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
  • Nguyên tắc đầu tư phân tán rất quan trọng. (The principle of not putting all your eggs in one basket is very important.)