scatter
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English scateren < Old English sceaterian, probably from a dialect of Old Norse. Cf. Low German schateren and Dutch schateren ('to burst out laughing').
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- Rhymes: -ætə(r)
[edit] Verb
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to scatter (third-person singular simple present scatters, present participle scattering, simple past and past participle scattered)
- (transitive) To cause to separate and go in different directions.
- (transitive) To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
- (transitive) (physics) To deflect (radiation or particles).
- (intransitive) To separate and go in different directions; disperse.
- (intransitive) To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
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to cause to separate
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to distribute loosely
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physics: to deflect
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to disperse
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to occur at intervals
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