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Scattered

/ˈskætəd/

To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.

📖 Definitions of "Scattered"

verb
  1. 1

    To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.

    "The crowd scattered in terror."

  2. 2

    To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.

    "Her ashes were scattered at the top of a waterfall."

  3. 3

    To deflect (radiation or particles).

  4. 4

    To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.

adjective
  1. 1

    Seemingly randomly distributed.

  2. 2

    (of clouds) covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.

  3. 3

    (of precipitation) affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.

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