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What (who) is scatter - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Scatters; Scatter (disambiguation)
Scatter
·vi To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a storm.
II. Scatter ·vt Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like.
III. Scatter ·vt To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, ·esp. in an open or sparse order.
scatter
I. v. a.
1.
Strew, sprinkle, throw about loosely.
2.
Sprinkle on, besprinkle.
3.
Dissipate, disperse, separate, spread.
4.
Disunite, distract, confound, harass.
5.
Dispel, frustrate, disappoint, overthrow.
II. v. n.
Disperse, straggle, go at random.
scatter
¦ verb
1. throw in various random directions.
separate or cause to separate and move off in different directions.
(be scattered) occur or be found at various places rather than all together.
2. Physics deflect or diffuse (electromagnetic radiation or particles).
¦ noun
1. a small, dispersed amount of something.
2. Statistics the degree to which repeated measurements or observations of a quantity differ.
Derivatives
scatterer noun
scattering noun
Origin
ME: prob. a var. of shatter.
Wikipedia
Scatter
Scatter may refer to:
- Scattering, in physics, the study of collisions
- Statistical dispersion or scatter
- Scatter (modeling), a substance used in the building of dioramas and model railways
- Scatter, in computer programming, a parameter in network broadcasting
- Scatter (band), a Scottish improvisational music collective
Examples of use of scatter
1. Someone lights a firecracker and pigeons scatter.
2. I never scatter my stuff around the room," she said.
3. Snow crystals scatter microwave radiation that emanates from the ground.
4. At the extreme, IEDs can be enhanced into a "dirty bomb," rigged to scatter radioactive material.
5. Herds of camels and sheep scatter at the sound of our helicopter.