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scattering
noun
1 scattering
A small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly:
— The first scatterings of green.
synonym: sprinkling.
2 scattering
The physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions.
Dutch: verstrooiing
3 scattering
A light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby.
synonyms: sprinkle, sprinkling.
4 scattering
Spreading widely or driving off.
synonym: dispersion.
Roget 73:
dispersion;
disjunction
etc.
44;
divergence
etc.
291;
aspersion;
scattering
etc.
v.;
dissemination,
diffusion,
dissipation,
distribution;
apportionment
etc.
786;
spread,
respersion†,
circumfusion†,
interspersion,
spargefaction†;
affusion†.
waifs and estrays†,
flotsam and jetsam,
disjecta membra [Lat.],
[Horace];
waveson†.
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Polish: rozpełźnięcie się
5 scattering
The act of scattering.
synonyms: scatter, strewing.
Polish: rozrzucenie, zdekoncentrowanie, rozproszenie
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