Scattering - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈskætərɪŋ|
Brit.
|ˈskætərɪŋ|
noun
- a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly (syn: sprinkling)
- a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby (syn: sprinkle, sprinkling)
- spreading widely or driving off (syn: dispersion)
- the act of scattering (syn: scatter)
the first scatterings of green
- the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions- a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby (syn: sprinkle, sprinkling)
- spreading widely or driving off (syn: dispersion)
- the act of scattering (syn: scatter)
Extra examples
...the scattering of the protesters suddenly turned violent and chaotic...
...a scattering of people in the mostly empty theater...
The village was just a scattering of houses along the river.
...corralled a scattering of stray pens and quickly stuffed them in the drawer to tidy the desk...
...a scattering of ambulant vendors can be found on the downtown plaza...
Six mounted police went by at the trot, scattering the crowd. (N. Mitchison)
Word forms
noun
singular: scattering
plural: scatterings
singular: scattering
plural: scatterings
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