scatter
IPA: skˈætɝ
noun
- The act of scattering or dispersing.
- A collection of dispersed objects.
verb
- (ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
- (transitive) To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
- (transitive, physics) To deflect (radiation or particles).
- (intransitive) To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
- (transitive) To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
- (transitive) To be dispersed upon.
- (transitive, baseball) Of a pitcher: to keep down the number of hits or walks.
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Examples of "scatter" in Sentences
- He then scattered the shards.
- I scattered seeds in my garden.
- The book is scattered with Pantheism.
- The fleet was scattered by the storm.
- The clan is scattered throughout the world.
- Burn the remains, and then scatter the ashes.
- The extras scattered throughout the background.
- The feint is a success and scattering his army.
- Raman spectroscopy utilizes the phenomenon of scattering.
- The question is not the opacity, but the scattering within the medium.
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