Main Entry:

¹scat·ter·ing

Pronunciation:

\ˈska-tə-riŋ\

Function:

noun

Date:

14th century

1: an act or process in which something scatters or is scattered2: 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