hyperdispersed

English

Etymology

hyper- +‎ dispersed

Adjective

hyperdispersed (not comparable)

1. dispersed with greater distances between individuals than would be expected if random
   • 2015 July 9, “A Game of Hide and Seek: Expectations of Clumpy Resources Influence Hiding and Searching Patterns”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     When collaborating, resources were mostly hidden in clumpy distributions, but when competing, resources were hidden in more dispersed (random or hyperdispersed) patterns to increase the searching difficulty for the other player.

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• hyperdispersion