The spreading or separating of troops, materiel, establishments, or activities which are usually concentrated in limited areas to reduce vulnerability. 2. In airdrop operations, the scatter of personnel and/or cargo on the drop zone. 3. In naval control of shipping, the reberthing of a ship in the periphery of the port area or in the vicinity of the port for its own protection in order to minimize the risk of damage from attack.

adverb (prefixed to a comparative means "thereby" or 'by so much', e.g. What student is the better for mastering these futile distinctions? This combination can enter into the further construction seen in The more the merrier (i.e. 'by how much more, by that much merrier'). It cannot enter into a construction with than: the tendency to insert it before more and less (putting any the more, none the less for anymore, no less) should be resisted, e.g. in The intellectual release had been no less (not one the less) marked than the physical. - The Oxford Guide to English Usage Alexander Demidov)

abbr., slang

teh (использование слова teh вместо the указывает на несерьёзность сказанного Adrax)

The [θi:] abbr.

abbr., org.name.

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The spreading: 9 phrases in 6 subjects

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China	1
Ecology	1
Project management	2
Securities	1
Technology	2

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the
gen.	这; 该; 表示某特定的或不言而喻的人或事物; 泛指一类; 或概括地说; 更
econ.	这; 那


spreading
met.	宽展


or
gen.	或是


separating
space	分离


of
gen.	的