scattering

English

Wikipedia

Verb

scattering

1. Present participle of scatter.

Noun

scattering (plural scatterings)

1. A small quantity of something occurring at irregular intervals and dispersed at random points,

   There will be a scattering of showers, with heavy rain in places.

2. (physics) The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.

Translations

physical process

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 散射 (cmn) (sǎnshè)

• Czech: rozptyl (cs) m
• Dutch: verspreiding (nl),verstrooiing (nl)

• French: diffusion (fr) f, éparpillement (fr) m
• German: Streuung (de) f
• Russian: рассеивание (ru) (rasseivanije) n
• Urdu: بکھراو (ur) (bikhrāv) f