scattering Definition

scatter
verb scattered, scattering

1. To disperse.

Thesaurus: disperse, dissipate, dispel, rout, separate, diffuse; Antonym: rally, unite, converge, assemble, meet.
2. To strew, sprinkle or throw around loosely.

Thesaurus: strew, disseminate, sprinkle, spread, sow; Antonym: assemble, gather, cluster.
tr & intr
3. To depart or send off in different directions.
4. To reflect or disperse (especially waves or particles) irregularly.

noun

1. An act of scattering.
2. A quantity of scattered items; a scattering.
3. statistics.
A measure of the extent to which the values of two random variables, plotted as paired values on a graph, are grouped close together or scattered apart.

Derivative: scatterer
noun

Etymology: 12c: as scateren, a variant of schateren to shatter.

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scattering
noun

1. Dispersion.
2. Something that is scattered.
3. A small amount.
4. physics.
The deflection of photons or particles as a result of collisions with other particles.