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scattering
('sk/&/t/@/r/I//N/ )

adjective (a)

  • Going or falling in various directions; not united or aggregated; divided among many; as, scattering votes.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly(noun.quantity)
    Example:
    The first scatterings of green.
    Synonym:
    sprinkling
    source: wordnet30
  • the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions(noun.process)
    source: wordnet30
  • a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby(noun.phenomenon)
    Synonym:
    sprinkle, sprinkling
    source: wordnet30
  • spreading widely or driving off(noun.event)
    Synonym:
    dispersion
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of scattering(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    scatter, strewing
    source: wordnet30
  • Act of strewing about; something scattered.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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