scatter
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- noun
- /ˈskætər/
- Gramma Lisa spotted their prey emerging from the ground scatter as she approached the gap.
- scatter plot
- scatter diagram
- scatter of data
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Examples
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I saw the sorry remains of my stove in a scatter of metal and broken spice bottles.
Fiction book (2001) -
Trend lines are less clear in data scatter than in fuzzy data.
Academic text (2011) -
Kim and Chan are working to reduce the scatter in their current data.
Academic text (2004) -
The significant feature is that in spite of the scatter, the points clearly cluster along a straight line.
Academic text (1992) -
The sway index expresses the degree of scatter of data about the mean center of balance.
Academic text (1999) -
WISC-R profiles that reflect clinically unique scatter are quite rare in both normal and special education groups.
Academic text (1994) -
In the stall, the horse was nosing at the last scatter of a flake of hay.
Fiction book (1993) -
The assumptions were examined through scatter plots and Pearson correlations.
Academic text (2011) -
The scatter of papers across the desk made it hard to find the important documents.
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After the storm, there was a scatter of branches and debris littering the road.
Synonyms
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An increase in size or amount over an area
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The spreading of things over a wide area, for example seeds or people
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6.5
The spreading of people or things across a wide area
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Spreading ideas or customs to many places
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4.2
Things or people suddenly moving apart and spreading over an area
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Scattering things like seeds or petals over a surface
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Etymology
As a noun, scatter names the result of that action — the loose 'spread' you see after things are tossed or people have run apart. So a scatter is simply the messy or random spreading of things or people over an area.