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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scattering  \Scat"ter*ing\,  a. 
  Going  or  falling  in  various  directions;  not  united  or 
  aggregated;  divided  among  many  as  scattering  votes. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
 
  And  some  are  scattered  all  the  floor  about 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  Why  should  my  muse  enlarge  on  Libyan  swains,  Their 
  scattered  cottages,  and  ample  plains?  --Dryden. 
 
  Teach  the  glad  hours  to  scatter,  as  they  fly,  Soft 
  quiet,  gentle  love,  and  endless  joy.  --Prior. 
 
  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. 
 
  Scatter  and  disperse  the  giddy  Goths.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  Hence  to  frustrate,  disappoint,  and  overthrow;  as  to 
  scatter  hopes,  plans,  or  the  like 
 
  Syn:  To  disperse;  dissipate;  spread;  strew. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scattering  \Scat"ter*ing\,  n. 
  Act  of  strewing  about  something  scattered.  --South. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scattering 
  adj  :  spreading  by  diffusion  [syn:  {diffusing(a)},  {diffusive},  {dispersive}, 
  {disseminative},  {disseminating},  {spreading}] 
  n  1:  a  small  number  dispersed  haphazardly:  "the  first  scatterings 
  of  green"  [syn:  {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:  {sprinkle},  {sprinkling}] 
  4:  driving  off  or  spreading  widely  [syn:  {dispersion}] 
  5:  the  act  of  scattering  [syn:  {scatter},  {strewing}] 




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