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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
scattering
n 1: a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly; "the
first scatterings of green"; "a sprinkling of grey at his
temples" [syn: scattering, 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
nearby [syn: scattering, sprinkle, sprinkling]
4: spreading widely or driving off [syn: dispersion,
scattering]
5: the act of scattering [syn: scatter, scattering,
strewing]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Scattering \Scat"ter*ing\, n.
Act of strewing about; something scattered. --South.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Scatter \Scat"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scattered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Scattering.] [OE. scateren. See Shatter.]
1. To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely;
to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or
sparse order.
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And some are scattered all the floor about.
--Chaucer.
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Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains,
Their scattered cottages, and ample plains?
--Dryden.
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Teach the glad hours to scatter, as they fly,
Soft quiet, gentle love, and endless joy. --Prior.
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2. To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce
from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to
dissipate; to disperse.
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Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths. --Shak.
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3. Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to
scatter hopes, plans, or the like.
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Syn: To disperse; dissipate; spread; strew.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Scattering \Scat"ter*ing\, a.
Going or falling in various directions; not united or
aggregated; divided among many; as, scattering votes.
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Thesaurus Results for scattering:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
a few, aloofness, anarchy, attenuation, attenuative, bit, breakup, broadcast, broadcasting, chaos, circumfusion, confusion, crack-up, diffraction, diffractional, diffractive, diffusion, diffusive, dilution, discontinuity, discreteness, disintegration, disjunction, dislocation, disorder, dispensation, dispersal, dispersion, dispersive, disruption, dissemination, disseminative, dissipation, dissipative, dissolution, distribution, distributive, divergence, emanation, entropy, evaporation, exfoliation, expansion, few, fragmentation, handful, hint, incoherence, inconsistency, limited number, nonadhesion, noncohesion, only a few, peppering, piddling few, piddling number, propagation, publication, radiance, radiation, radius, ray, revolution, scaling, scatterment, separateness, shattering, shotgun pattern, small number, smatter, smattering, soupcon, sowing, spatter, spattering, splay, spoke, spread, spreading, sprinkling, strewing, suggestion, too few, trickle, trifle, unadherence, unadhesiveness, untenacity, volatilization |
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Common Misspellings > |
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