scattering

¹scat·ter·ing

noun \ˈska-tə-riŋ\

Definition of SCATTERING

1

: an act or process in which something scatters or is scattered

2

: something scattered: as a : a small number or quantity interspersed here and there <a scattering of visitors> b : the random change in direction of the particles constituting a beam or wave front due to collision with particles of the medium traversed

Examples of SCATTERING

1. <the scattering of the protesters suddenly turned violent and chaotic>
2. <a scattering of people in the mostly empty theater>

First Known Use of SCATTERING

14th century

Related to SCATTERING

Synonyms: disbandment, dispersal, dispersion, dissipation

Antonyms: army, crowd, flock, gazillion, horde, host, jillion, kazillion, legion, loads, many, mountain, multitude, oodles, scads, thousands, zillion

Related Words: diffusion, dissemination; breakup, dissolution, disunion, separation, split

Near Antonyms: assembly, collection, concentration, gathering

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Rhymes with SCATTERING

smattering