scattering

Noun
Synonyms: sprinklingsprinkledispersionscatterstrewing

WordNet 3.0

Noun (5)

  1. a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly“the first scatterings of green”“a sprinkling of grey at his temples”Synonyms: sprinkling
  2. the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions
  3. a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearbySynonyms: sprinklesprinkling
  4. spreading widely or driving offSynonyms: dispersion
  5. the act of scatteringSynonyms: scatterstrewing
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Scat′ter·ing adjective

Going or falling in various directions; not united or aggregated; divided among many; as, scattering votes.

Scat′ter·ing noun

Act of strewing about; something scattered. Robert South

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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