ALL meanings of scattering
scat·ter·ing
S s - adjective scattering distributing, dispersing, or separating. 1
- noun scattering the act of scattering. 1
- noun scattering something that is scattered. 1
- verb with object scattering to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds. 1
- verb with object scattering to separate and drive off in various directions; disperse: to scatter a crowd. 1
- verb with object scattering Physics. to refract or diffract (light or other electromagnetic radiation) irregularly so as to diffuse in many directions. (of a medium) to diffuse or deflect (light or other wave phenomena) by collisions between the wave and particles of the medium. 1
- verb without object scattering to separate and disperse; go in different directions. 1
- noun scattering action of sprinkling sth 1
- noun scattering small groups 1
- adjective scattering distributed or occurring here and there at irregular intervals; scattered. 1
- adjective scattering straggling, as an assemblage of parts. 1
- adjective scattering (of votes) cast in small numbers for various candidates. 1
- countable noun scattering A scattering of things or people is a small number of them spread over an area. 0
- noun scattering a small amount 0
- noun scattering the process in which particles, atoms, etc, are deflected as a result of collision 0
- adjective scattering separating and going in various directions 0
- adjective scattering distributed over a wide area, esp. at irregular intervals 0
- adjective scattering distributed in small numbers among several or many candidates 0
- noun scattering the act or process of one that scatters 0
- noun scattering a small amount of something spread out or interspersed in a medium 0
- noun scattering the process by which the direction of motion of radiation or particles is changed randomly when passing through a medium, caused by collisions of the constituents of the radiation with particles in the medium 0