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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024scat•ter•ing (skat′ər ing),USA pronunciation adj. - distributed or occurring here and there at irregular intervals;
scattered. - straggling, as an assemblage of parts.
- Government(of votes) cast in small numbers for various candidates.
- distributing, dispersing, or separating.
n. - a small, scattered number or quantity.
- Physicsthe process in which a wave or beam of particles is diffused or deflected by collisions with particles of the medium that it traverses. Cf. elastic scattering, Rayleigh scattering.
- 1300–50; Middle English; see scatter, -ing2, -ing1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: scattering /ˈskætərɪŋ/ n - a small amount
- the process in which particles, atoms, etc, are deflected as a result of collision
scat•ter /ˈskætɚ/USA pronunciation v. - to toss loosely about:[~ + object]to scatter seeds.
- to (cause to) separate;
disperse: [~ + object]The police scattered the crowd.[no object]The crowd quickly scattered.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024scat•ter (skat′ər),USA pronunciation v.t. - to throw loosely about;
distribute at irregular intervals:to scatter seeds. - to separate and drive off in various directions;
disperse:to scatter a crowd. - Physics
- to refract or diffract (light or other electromagnetic radiation) irregularly so as to diffuse in many directions.
- (of a medium) to diffuse or deflect (light or other wave phenomena) by collisions between the wave and particles of the medium.
v.i. - to separate and disperse;
go in different directions.
n. - the act of scattering.
- something that is scattered.
- 1125–75; Middle English scatere; compare Dutch schateren to burst out laughing
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged broadcast. See sprinkle.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Scatter, dispel, disperse, dissipate imply separating and driving something away so that its original form disappears. To scatter is to separate something tangible into parts at random, and drive these in different directions:The wind scattered leaves all over the lawn.To dispel is to drive away or scatter usually intangible things so that they vanish or cease to exist:Photographs of the race dispelled all doubts as to which horse won.To disperse is usually to cause a compact or organized tangible body to separate or scatter in different directions, to be reassembled if desired:Tear gas dispersed the mob.To dissipate is usually to scatter by dissolving or reducing to small atoms or parts that cannot be brought together again:He dissipated his money and his energy in useless activities.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: scatter /ˈskætə/ vb - (transitive) to throw about in various directions; strew
- to separate and move or cause to separate and move in various directions; disperse
- to deviate or cause to deviate in many directions, as in the diffuse reflection or refraction of light
n - the act of scattering
- a substance or a number of objects scattered about
Etymology: 13th Century: probably a variant of shatterˈscatterer n |