scattering
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- n a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
the first scatterings of green - n the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions
- n a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
- n spreading widely or driving off
- n the act of scattering
- v to cause to separate and go in different directions
- v move away from each other;
- v distribute loosely
- v sow by scattering
- v cause to separate
- v strew or distribute over an area
- The Church of England sanctioned ash-scattering in 1944, if disposal were on consecrated ground.
- The lions waited until the buffalo got close enough and then pounced, seizing the baby and scattering the adults.
- Before we understood Rayleigh scattering, there was no scientifically satisfactory explanation for the sky's blueness.