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scattering

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scattering

  1. presentparticiple andgerund ofscatter

Noun

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scattering (pluralscatterings)

  1. A smallquantity of something beingdispersed (atrandom points).
    There will be ascattering of showers, with heavy rain in places.
    • 1976 April 3, Don Shewey, “Pass Judgment, Go To Woolf”, inGay Community News, page15:
      Only a lightscattering of flaws sticks out.
    • 2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, inthe Guardian[1]:
      There was something distinctly low-key, even wilfully alienating about the band’s performance. Ascattering of OK Computer tracks were interspersed with more abstract latterday material – the clatter of 15 Step and Myxamatosis.
  2. (elections) The total number of votes awarded to nonmajor or unlisted candidates.
  3. (physics) Theprocess whereby abeam ofwaves orparticles isdispersed bycollisions or similarinteractions.

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small quantity of something dispersed at random points
physical process
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