scatter
11Scatter — In ordinary English, to scatter is to distribute randomly. Scatter also has the following meanings: *In physics, scattering is the study of collisions, especially of waves and particles (synonymous in quantum mechanics). In elastic scattering the …
12scatter — scatterable, adj. scatterer, n. scatteringly, adv. /skat euhr/, v.t. 1. to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds. 2. to separate and drive off in various directions; disperse: to scatter a crowd. 3. Physics. a.… …
13scatter — scat•ter [[t]ˈskæt ər[/t]] v. t. 1) to throw loosely about: to scatter seeds[/ex] 2) to cause to disperse: to scatter a crowd[/ex] 3) phs to diffuse or deflect (a wave or beam of radiation) by collision with particles of the medium it traverses… …
14scatter — scat|ter [ˈskætə US ər] v [I and T] [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Perhaps from shatter] 1.) if someone scatters a lot of things, or if they scatter, they are thrown or dropped over a wide area in an irregular way scatter (sth) over/around/across etc… …
15scatter — [[t]skæ̱tə(r)[/t]] scatters, scattering, scattered 1) VERB If you scatter things over an area, you throw or drop them so that they spread all over the area. [V n prep/adv] She tore the rose apart and scattered the petals over the grave... [V n… …
16scatter — verb 1) the papers were scattered by the sudden breeze scatter the seeds as evenly as possible Syn: throw, strew, toss, fling; sprinkle, spread, distribute, sow, broadcast, disseminate; literary bestrew Ant: gather …
17scatter */*/ — UK [ˈskætə(r)] / US [ˈskætər] verb Word forms scatter : present tense I/you/we/they scatter he/she/it scatters present participle scattering past tense scattered past participle scattered 1) [transitive] to throw or drop things so that they… …
18scatter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. strew, disperse, disseminate, dispel, dissipate. See dispersion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To become separated] Syn. run apart, run away, go one s own way, diverge, disperse, disband, migrate, spread …
19scatter — I. verb Etymology: Middle English scateren, schateren to disperse, break up, destroy; akin to Middle Dutch schaderen to scatter Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to cause to separate widely b. to cause to vanish 2. archaic to fling away… …
20scatter — scat|ter [ skætər ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to throw or drop things so that they spread over an area: I scattered some grain on the floor of the hen house. scatter something on/over/around etc.: The children had scattered toys all over the floor …
