A nearly uniform and constant fire or heat disseminated throughout the body of the earth.
Woodward.
Syn. -- To spread; diffuse; propagate; circulate; disperse; scatter.
Dis*sem"i*na`ted (?), p. a. (Min.) Occurring in small portions scattered through some other substance.
Dis*sem`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. disseminatio: cf. F. dissémination.] The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.
The universal dissemination of those writings.
Wayland.
Dis*sem"i*na*tive (?), a. Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated.
The effect of heresy is, like the plague, infectious and disseminative.
Jer. Taylor.
Dis*sem"i*na`tor (?), n. [L.] One who, or that which, disseminates, spreads, or propagates; as, disseminators of disease.
Dis*sen"sion (?), n. [L. dissensio: cf. F. dissension. See Dissent.] Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel.
Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them.
Acts xv. 2.
Debates, dissension, uproars are thy joy.
Dryden.
A seditious person and raiser-up of dissension among the people.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
Dis*sen"sious (?), a. Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious. [R.] Ascham. -- Dis*sen"sious*ly, adv. Chapman.
Dis*sent" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dissented; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissenting.] [L. dissentire, dissentum; dis- + sentire to feel, think. See Sense.] 1. To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from.
The bill passed . . . without a dissenting voice.
Hallam.
Opinions in which multitudes of men dissent from us.
Addison.
2. (Eccl.) To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government.