The act or process of scattering, separating, or breaking up something that was gathered together.
From disgregate + -tion (Latin suffix forming nouns of action). Combines dis- with gregation (from gregare, 'to gather'), creating a noun for the opposite of gathering.
This word appears in physics, sociology, and medicine—describing how proteins separate, how communities disperse, or how organizations dissolve—showing how nature uses the same patterns at every scale.
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