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Verb
/ˈskatər/,
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scattered, past tense; scatters, 3rd person singular present; scattered, past participle; scattering, present participle;
  1. Throw in various random directions
    • - scatter the coconut over the icing
    • - his family is hoping to scatter his ashes at sea
  2. Occur or be found at intervals rather than all together
    • - there are many mills scattered throughout the marshlands
    • - a scattered mountain community
  3. (of a group of people or animals) Separate and move off quickly in different directions
    • - the roar made the dogs scatter
  4. Cause (a group or people or animals) to act in such a way
    • - he charged across the foyer, scattering people
  5. Cover (a surface) with objects thrown or spread randomly over it
    • - sandy beaches scattered with driftwood
  6. Deflect or diffuse (electromagnetic radiation or particles)

Noun
  1. A small, dispersed amount of something
    • - a scatter of houses on the north shore
  2. The degree to which repeated measurements or observations of a quantity differ

  3. The scattering of light, other electromagnetic radiation, or particles

  1. disperse: to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
  2. a haphazard distribution in all directions
  3. the act of scattering
  4. disperse: move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
  5. distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
  6. break up: cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"
  7. Scatter are an improvisational collective, based in Glasgow. Their music is heavily influenced by jazz and folk (releases have included versions of folk standards).
  8. Scattered is a rave party based in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1998 as a small 150 person event, it has grown over time to large-scale rave which regularly hosts some of the worlds leading happy hardcore, gabber and hard trance DJ's.
  9. (Scattered (Ace Young song)) Brett Asa "Ace" Young (born November 15, 1980 in Denver, Colorado) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. ...
  10. (Scattered (album by The Handsome Family)) Scattered is a second compilation of demos, outtakes and rarities by alternative country band The Handsome Family. It was released 2010 through Handsome Family Music and is the sequel of Smothered and Covered.
  11. (Scattered (Battlestar Galactica)) "Scattered" is the first episode of the second season of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica television series. It aired originally on the Sci Fi Channel on July 15, 2005.
  12. Scattering is a general physical process where some forms of radiation, such as light, sound, or moving particles, are forced to deviate from a straight trajectory by one or more localized non-uniformities in the medium through which they pass. ...
  13. (scattered) randomly distributed; covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky; affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone
  14. (scattering) A small quantity of something occurring at irregular intervals and dispersed at random points; The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions
  15. (Scattered) not widespread but of greater occurrence than isolated showers
  16. (Scattered) (2009) - Combining dance with film technology, Scattered explores our relationship with water. Music by Sophie Smith and film by Logela Multimedia; with a set by Simon Dormon and lighting by Natasha Chivers.
  17. (Scattered) Refers to a layer of clouds that is blocking less than half the sky.
  18. (Scattered) Showers/rain can occur anywhere in a particular area. Slightly more frequent that isolated conditions.
  19. (Scattered) The amount of sky cover for a cloud layer between 3/8ths and 4/8ths, based on the summation layer amount for that layer.
  20. (Scattered) Used for listed equity securities. Unconcentrated buy or sell interest.
  21. (Scattered) showers or thunderstorms with 25-55% area coverage.
  22. (scattering) The process by which small particles suspended in a medium of a different index of refraction diffuse a portion of the incident radiation in all directions. In scattering, no energy transformation results, only a change in the spatial distribution of the radiation. ...
  23. (Scattering) The change of direction of light rays or photons after striking small particles. It may also be regarded as the diffusion of a light beam caused by the inhomogeneity of the transmitting material.
  24. (Scattering) The change in the paths of photons without absorption or change in wavelength.
  25. (Scattering (of light)) An interaction of a light wave with an object that causes the light to be redirected.