scattering

About 9.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of scatter
2. noun A small quantity of something being dispersed (at random points).

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

3. noun The total number of votes awarded to nonmajor or unlisted candidates.
4. noun The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.

Similar words

dispersion dispersive diffusive disseminative spreading strewing sprinkling sprinkle diffusing distributive

Often followed by

of and in is from the by cross angle

Word family

scatteringly scatterings