adjective
- having particles or components of many different sizes
Usage: scientific; chemistry; materials science
Examples
- The polydisperse polymer sample contained chains of varying molecular weights.
- Polydisperse nanoparticles exhibit a broad size distribution.
- The researcher compared monodisperse and polydisperse colloidal systems.
- Natural clay particles are typically polydisperse in nature.
- The polydisperse emulsion showed particles ranging from 50 to 500 nanometers.
- Quality control requires measuring the polydisperse index of the suspension.