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单词 scatteration
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scatterationn.

/skatəˈreɪʃən/
Etymology: < scatter v. + -ation suffix.
The action of scattering. Also, the fact or condition of being scattered.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > action of scattering or becoming scattered
scattering1382
dispersionc1450
upsparplinga1560
dispersing1604
distraction1618
scatteration1776
dispersal1821
deconcentration1889
shattering1960
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > driving away > driving away in all directions
sparpling1434
dispersionc1450
skailing?c1450
sparklingc1460
disparplinga1513
dissipation1545
dispersing1604
segregationa1616
scatteration1776
disjectiona1806
dispersal1821
scatteraway1851
spreadeagling1869
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > breaking into pieces or shattering
shiveringc1400
truncheoning1477
upbreaking1493
confraction?1541
refraction1578
splinting1598
diffraction1654
hatchet work1697
shattering1748
exploding1791
smash1808
explosion1811
splintering1815
blasting1824
shatterment1841
scatteration1880
smashing1886
the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [noun]
spreadinga1250
skeltingc1540
diffusion1585
prosemination1611
scatter1642
dissemination1646
radiation1658
dispersion1664
spread1757
distribution1860
dispersal1863
scatteration1892
spreadation1925
the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [noun] > of that which should be concentrated
scatteration1900
1776 A. Grant Let. 15 Feb. in Lett. from Mountains (1806) I. 212 After the dissolution and scatteration of last year's happy trio.
1865 N.Y. Times 25 Feb. The scatteration of Cobb's forces.
1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xix. 183 A raft..hit the pier in the center and went all to smash and scatteration like a box of matches struck by lightning.
1892 R. Kipling Lett. of Trav. (1920) 40 A household spreads itself over plots, maybe, a quarter of a mile apart. A revenue map of a village shows that this scatteration is apparently designed.
1900 Engin. Mag. 19 750/2 Scatteration of effort is dissipation of energy.
1910 Blackwood's Mag. July 24/1 Here there is a scatteration, but the tufters..are stopped and laid on to the line of a single stag.
1930 R. Fraser Rose Anstey xlix. 328 At night she stared from her bed at a great scatteration of stars.
1936 Burlington Mag. June 261/1 The gilt frame of the mirror is not a strong enough colour to correct the consequent scatteration.
1965 Economist 6 Feb. 509 A growing desire to end what Mr Walter Lippmann calls ‘globalism and scatteration’ in foreign policy in favour of a concentration on America's ‘primary vital interests’.
1965 D. Owen Eng. Philanthropy iv. xx. 559Scatteration’ philanthropy—spending too small amounts on too many agencies or individuals.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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