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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