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unscattered

unscattered

6.8
Staying together in one place and not spread out
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈskætərd/
translation icon : concentrado
  • Accordingly, the unscattered beam and the diffracted beam must be allowed to interfere—that is, create "phase contrast"—to form a lattice image.

Examples

  • The atmosphere was so clear that the moonlight appeared unscattered, casting a soft glow over the landscape.

  • In order for a pulsed signal to be detectable, there must be an unscattered and unattenuated component, requiring that Tau be less than about one.

    Academic text (1999)
  • What we're trying to do is to use it to change the phase of just the DC component, the unscattered light component relative to all the rest.

  • Sources at intermediate distances will show both scattered and unscattered components, not unlike automobile headlights in a heavy fog.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Figure 8 shows calculated 21 and measured transparencies for SiC membranes of various thicknesses. The contrast apertures had a diameter equal to that of the unscattered electron beam.

    Academic text (2001)
  • It was midnight, and the sun was dim, pale, and low on the jagged horizon, filling the sky with an unscattered light at an oblique angle of incidence, without critical vigor.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The sunlight fell on the table in an unscattered beam, illuminating the entire surface brightly.

  • During the experiment, we observed an unscattered light that indicated a clear path through the medium.

Synonyms

undivided
vsunscattered
  • Specialized
2 4.7

Property not split into parts and forming a single whole

means unity in one place rather than being spread out
undispersed
vsunscattered
1 7.2

People or things that are not spread out and stay together in one place

is about staying together in one place rather than being dispersed
undiffused
vsunscattered
7.6

Light or sound that stays in one place and is very strong

emphasizes unity in location rather than broad spreading
unseparated
vsunscattered
3.5

Not divided into parts and kept together as one unit

expresses staying together in location rather than being spread out
unsplit
vsunscattered
4.0

Whole and not divided into parts

focuses on staying together rather than being scattered
unpartitioned
vsunscattered
7.5

Not divided into parts or sections

is about staying together in one place, not being scattered

Antonyms

1 3.5

Spread over a wide area and not close together

4.2

Spread out across a wide area

How Scattered

scattered
1 3.5
concentrated
  • Specialized
4.4
unscattered
6.8
clustered
4.1

Surface Forms

unscattered positive

Morphology

unscattered = scattered (transparent) = un + scatter + ed

The negative prefix 'un-' straightforwardly reverses the meaning of the participial/adjective 'scattered', yielding 'not scattered'.

Etymology

Unscattered is made of un- meaning 'not' and scatter meaning 'to spread or throw things around', as when papers or leaves fly apart. So unscattered means 'not spread out' or staying together in one place.