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scattering |
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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