Meaning of SCATTERING
| Pronunciation: | | 'skaturing
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- [n] the act of scattering
- [n] spreading widely or driving off
- [n] a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
- [n] the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions
- [n] a small number dispersed haphazardly; "the first scatterings of green"
- [adj] spreading by diffusion
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| | Synonyms: | | diffusing(a), diffusive, dispersion, dispersive, disseminating, disseminative, distributive, scatter, spreading, sprinkle, sprinkling, sprinkling, strewing |
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| | See Also: | | action, activity, Diaspora, dissipation, extinction, natural action, natural process, rain shower, shower, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, spread, spread, spreading, spreading | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Scat"ter*ing\, a.
Going or falling in various directions; not united or
aggregated; divided among many; as, scattering votes.
\Scat"ter*ing\, n.
Act of strewing about; something scattered. --South.
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