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 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