scattering
noun/ˈskætəɹɪŋ/
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A small quantity of something being dispersed (at random points).
- There will be a scattering of showers, with heavy rain in places.
- Only a light scattering of flaws sticks out.1976 April 3, Don Shewey, “Pass Judgment, Go To Woolf”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
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- There was something distinctly low-key, even wilfully alienating about the band’s performance. A scattering of OK Computer tracks were interspersed with more abstract latterday material – the clatter of 15 Step and Myxamatosis.2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian:
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The total number of votes awarded to nonmajor or unlisted candidates.
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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.
- Derived terms
- autoscattering, backscattering, Bragg scattering, Compton scattering, deep scattering layer, last scattering surface, light-scattering photometry, Mie scattering, Møller scattering, neutron scattering, overscattering, Raman scattering, Rayleigh scattering, rescattering, Rutherford scattering, scattering function, superscattering, Tyndall scattering, Umklapp scattering, upscattering, urban scattering
- Hypernyms
- light-scattering