scattering
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- noun
- /ˈskætərɪŋ/
:
chubasco
- The clouds in the middle distance were dusted by a scattering of rusty dots.
Examples
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The CMB is the vestige of a portal through which everything we are made of once passed: the surface of last scattering.
Academic text (2003) -
An unseasonable scattering of dry needle leaves lay on the ground under its branches, as if the tree had died a little during the night.
Fiction book (2000) -
Except for some scattering on impurities, the ice is infinitely transparent!
Academic text (2000) -
Basically, the only thing stopping them all from being taken out in 30 minutes of TV was the careful removal of Hiro and Peter from the scene and the scattering of the rest of the characters.
Blog text (3) -
But no one, not even my father, had warned her of the sky, the solid sheet of color that during the entire three months of her stay was never once interrupted by the slightest scattering of clouds.
Fiction book (1995) -
With the sun at our backs, the Caribbean spread before us like a sheet of beaten gold, broken by a scattering of small black volcanic islands.
Fiction book (1994) -
The storm was a feint, a dodge; this deep in drought, the brief scattering of rain would strike and run off the surface without penetrating, like water off a shield.
Fiction book (1990) -
The scattering of stencil numbers and lettering throughout the works suggests the arbitrary methods of classification and the reduction of human individuality to ciphers.
Academic text (1996) -
The forecast predicts a light scattering of rain in some areas this afternoon.
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As the evening approached, there was a scattering of snowflakes across the park, covering only parts of the ground.
Synonyms
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A short period of rain or a sudden fall of things like confetti
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Light rain that falls in very small drops
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A short period of rain that starts suddenly
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A short light rain that falls in small drops
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A light fall of small drops like rain or water
A short, light fall of snow that starts suddenly
How Widespread
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scattering comes from the verb scatter, meaning 'to drop or throw things in different places', so picture a few raindrops blown across a street. That is why a scattering of rain or snow means a light shower that falls here and there.