CHANNELIZATIONS Antonyms

• the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts

• the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments

• (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration

• the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another

• the property of being diffused or dispersed

• the act of dispersing or diffusing something

• a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior

• untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance)

• bring disorder to

• a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted

• the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion

• spreading widely or driving off

• the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume

• the act of dispersing or diffusing something

• breaking up and scattering by dispersion

• dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure

• useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

• (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work

• the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan

• a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly

• the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions

• a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

• spreading widely or driving off

• the act of scattering

• process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

• the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate

• act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time