1. The act of scattering
   "The scattering of rose petals down the aisle added a romantic touch to the wedding ceremony";
   - scatter, strewing
    
2. Spreading widely or driving off
   "The police ordered the scattering of the protesters";
   - dispersion
    
3. The physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions
   "Light scattering in the atmosphere causes the sky to appear blue"
    
4. A light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
   "A scattering of rain refreshed the garden";
   - sprinkle, sprinkling
    
5. A small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
   "the first scatterings of green";
   - sprinkling

1. Cause to separate and go in different directions
   "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds";
   - disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up
    
2. Move away from each other
   "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
   - disperse, dissipate, spread out
    
3. Distribute loosely
   "He scattered gun powder under the wagon";
   - sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse
    
4. Strew or distribute over an area
   "scatter cards across the table";
   - spread, spread out
    
5. Sow by scattering
   "scatter seeds"
    
6. Make a single entity or group split or become diffuse
   "scatter kidney stones";
   - break up, disperse

Derived forms: scatterings

Type of: action, activity, change integrity, circulate, discharge, distribute, divide, natural action, natural process, part, pass around, pass on, rain shower, seed, separate, shower, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, sow, split, spread, spreading

Part of: extinction

Encyclopedia: Scattering