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Scattering
To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
📖 Definitions of "Scattering"
- 1
To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
"The crowd scattered in terror."
- 2
To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
"Her ashes were scattered at the top of a waterfall."
- 3
To deflect (radiation or particles).
- 4
To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
- 1
A small quantity of something occurring at irregular intervals and dispersed at random points,
"There will be a scattering of showers, with heavy rain in places."
- 2
(elections) The total number of votes awarded to nonmajor or unlisted candidates.
- 3
The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.
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