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  • 61scatter-site — ☆ scatter site [skat′ərsīt΄ ] adj. designating or of inexpensive, publicly owned or financed housing units scattered throughout middle class residential areas …

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  • 62scatter communication — scatter communication, long distance communication using the troposphere or other areas of atmospheric ionization to deflect radio waves over a long distance …

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  • 63Scatter Chat — The term Scatter Chat refers to a recent marketing practice that takes the spreading of viral messages to another level. Delivered through blogs, email or video hosting sites, they are often humorous but can also be rather serious. In a similar… …

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  • 64Scatter matrix — In multivariate statistics and probability theory, the scatter matrix is a statistic that is used to make estimates of the covariance matrix of the multivariate normal distribution. (The scatter matrix is unrelated to the scattering matrix of… …

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  • 65Scatter (band) — Infobox musical artist 2 Name = Scatter Background = group or band Origin = Glasgow, Scotland Genre = Improvisational music Label = Pickled Egg Records Cenotaph Blank Tapes URL = [http://www.cenotaph.org/ Cenotaph records] Scatter are an… …

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  • 66scatter cushion — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms scatter cushion : singular scatter cushion plural scatter cushions British a small cushion that you put on a chair to make it more comfortable or more attractive …

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  • 67scatter diagram — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms scatter diagram : singular scatter diagram plural scatter diagrams maths a graph that shows numbers or amounts as points. A straight line is drawn through as many points as possible in order to show the general …

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  • 68scatter bomb — noun Etymology: scatter (III) : an incendiary bomb containing a bursting charge that scatters the burning incendiary agent over a considerable area * * * scatter bomb, bombing see scatter v. 7 a …

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  • 69scatter shot — noun : shot loaded for firing in a weapon built to fire a solid projectile through its rifled bore compare shotgun * * * shot prepared for a weapon having a rifled bore or barrel. [1960 65] * * * scatter shot, 1. = buckshot. (Cf. ↑buckshot) 2.… …

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  • 70scatter graph — A graph that plots the patterns of items in relation to two variables set out along the x and y axes. From a scatter graph, a pattern of *correlation between the plotted points can be estimated by visually drawing a line of best fit among the… …

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