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scattered

[skat-erd]

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adjective

distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.

dispersed; disorganized: scattered forces.

distracted or disorganized: scattered thoughts.

Meteorology. (of clouds) covering up to one-half of the sky. Compare broken (def. 5).

Origin:
scatter + -ed²

Related forms

scat·tered·ly, adverb

scat·tered·ness, noun

un·scat·tered, adjective

well-scat·tered, adjective

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Scattered is always a great word to know.

So is barometer. Does it mean:

fog caused by the movement of warm, moist air over a cold surface

any instrument that measures atmospheric pressure

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Example Sentences

There were scattered reports of ballots jamming and machines malfunctioning, two big headaches during the primary.

He said the bones would be cremated and scattered over an undisclosed location at sea, but he gave no other details.

I've seen commons scattered throughout various places on campuses.

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There were scattered reports of ballots jamming and machines malfunctioning, two big headaches during the primary.

He said the bones would be cremated and scattered over an undisclosed location at sea, but he gave no other details.

I've seen commons scattered throughout various places on campuses.

His diary is scattered with poems, his own and others'.

Millions of receptors in the nose's smelling organ aren't scattered at random, a new study says.

Scattered light intensity is therefore proportional to the fourth power of frequency.

The sky is blue due to the way light is scattered in the atmosphere.

Plants can continue with scattered bloom at any other time.

Scattered throughout the book are a series of full-color images that capture some element of the story or poem that surround them.

Bronchopneumonia tends to be scattered throughout the lung.

My many hours of hard work have, so far, yielded nothing more than scattered adjunct gigs.

Such stars as are visible in a halo are sparsely but uniformly scattered throughout it.

The flight lands in a rainstorm of mist and scattered drip-drops.

Disabled genes, molecular relics scattered across the human genomic landscape, have a story of their own to tell.

As a result, biblical scholars have argued for some halfdozen different peaks scattered over the peninsula.

Free flowering, producing yellow blossoms from spring into early summer, with scattered bloom throughout year.

Army has scores of bases scattered all across the world.

Until now, redevelopment has been scattered and slow, and a stroll through this faded resort can still be a grim experience.

Publishers continue to innovate in the face of scattered reports of trouble.

Bloated farm payments are being scattered far and wide.

Individual stars can be seen as tiny dots scattered throughout the dust.

Many are cleaning up radioactive debris scattered by the explosions.

Part of my anxiety is due to the carnage scattered around.

Main bloom period runs from winter into early spring, but scattered flowering can occur at any time add to my plant list.

But often similar pieces are in different bags, and pieces needed for steps are scattered around.

The scattered locations of our students, however, meant that some of them didn't immediately know about the earthquake.

The relevant mutations are still scattered among different strains.

In general, asteroids are heated by the decay of radioactive atoms scattered throughout their insides.

Consequently, all colors of light are scattered by more or less the same amount.

His personal effects were scattered and sealed under lock and key at private residences.

Blooms late spring to early summer, with some scattered bloom until frost.

They disabled the convoy, allowing rebel fighters to descend on vehicles as they scattered from the column.

Artists and writers working on new projects often report feeling scattered and unsure.

Conflicting laws until now scattered the task of control among state fisheries authorities, those of the park, and the navy.

Breeding: a variety of habitats, particularly open areas with scattered trees.

The fuzzy appearance is due to the high concentration of ordinary stars of similar brightness scattered throughout the galaxy.

Bright red brushes appear from late spring into summer, scattered bloom rest of year.

I'd killed about seven guys, and their corpses lay scattered about.

Their literary historical knowledge will be increasingly scattered and random.

Financial business in the region is still scattered.

Adult female: duller above than male, with more scattered patches of blue-black above.

When they excrete it, the truffle's spores are scattered around the forest floor.

Ivette loves to make free-form beds of corrugated galvanized steel, scattered throughout her garden.

Players scattered around the country found that the online gaming environment gave them a chance to deal with their grief.

Such findings tend to be scattered across journal articles and edited volumes.

But suppose the goose is housed on one farm, eats the birdseed scattered in a second, and lays its eggs in a third.

The lunar landscape is colorless, full of craters, and scattered with huge boulders.

After an arduous climb, they discovered scattered debris, along with a desiccated left arm and attached hand in the ice.

Scattered across a bluff, the sites are open to the stars and the sea.

With a crowd of hundreds of people scattered across the globe, a group discussion is somewhat unpractical.

All their property, including their house, was confiscated and the family was scattered.

Here and there, the oil mingles with orchid petals that women have plucked from their leis and scattered into the water.

As a result, the light of the blue sun is strongly scattered and attenuated.

Keeping files on a half dozen different computers scattered around the house doesn't make a lot of sense.

The precise energies of the gamma rays and scattered neutrons depend on the composition of the rock they came from.

Trails in this part of the world connect scattered high-elevation communities with the great cities of the lowlands.

On a micro-scale, related bits of information may be scattered far apart, and it's impossible to figure out what bit encodes what.

For advocates of campaign reform, the elections did provide scattered rays of hope.

The ancient environment at the tar pit was likely similar to today-one of hot savannas and scattered trees, he added.

Boxes were scattered everywhere in a ramshackle way.

Freshwater and saline lakes are scattered throughout this ecoregion, including some found at the highest elevations in the world.

Its scattered operations position it perfectly for a spread of wealth inland.

And a few high-rise blocks, scattered across the slum, do not inspire great hope.

And some properties are pockmarked with scattered holes.

The rest are in enclaves scattered over the centre and south of the country.

It soon became difficult to navigate the alleys because of the scattered merchandise.

It featured stuffed ballot boxes and repeat voting, ballot slips scattered in gutters, trashed polling stations and intimidation.

In her will, she asked that her ashes be scattered there.

But it is more illuminating to think of them as stars in the sky, scattered more or less at random over a vast canvas.

Pots scattered around the garden are filled with foliage and seasonal flowers, lending a secluded air.

In the damp chill of early dusk, a festive air lingers in the scattered lights of a.

It is better than my previous system of hardcopies and yellow stickies scattered all over my office/house/cars.

Among the scattered shipwrecks, divers can also find rich coral reefs.

Little dinosaurs scattered everywhere, leaving behind evidence of a dinosaur stampede.

With hundreds of events scattered across the entire state, there's something for everyone.

Last fall, something peculiar began to happen at more than two dozen elementary and middle schools scattered across the country.

They no longer live in the capital but in the north or in scattered enclaves and villages.

Emick was thrown out and a barrel of apples and other articles in the buggy were scattered along the road.

The charcoal fires were scattered about in the woods.

River-washed bones would be widely scattered and also show signs of wear and tear-unlike the current fossils.

These collectible crafting materials will be scattered throughout monster innards and tree branches all across the game's world.

His movement is unorthodox, scattered and perpetual, as if designed by a jazz musician.

Just a few straggly patches of forest remain, with greying logs scattered at their edges.

Once scattered around the world, these artifacts were recently brought together for the first.

Aviation and rescue officials found widely scattered debris and said there were apparently no survivors.

But it has found that the oil is scattered in pockets and hard to extract.

Widely scattered small indigenous communities were reorganized into urban population centers.

Even the scattered approach would only work in regions that are fairly windy on average.

With the exception of a few precious heir-looms, the pictures and furniture will be scattered to the four winds.

Next door the organic farmer has gnomes scattered everywhere, apparently in some seriousness of belief.

Intelligence was rediscovered as the subtle interaction of many scattered parts.

The fish scattered as people splashed into the river, but the animals couldn't go far, held in pools by long blue nets.

On average, the color of the scattered photon is slightly shifted to the blue relative to the laser light.

Helpful tips and techniques are scattered throughout the book and are grouped into a dedicated section at the back.

Simple, but effective and a playful discovery that adds to the story of scattered books that can help you fly.

Her ashes will be scattered onto the ocean that she loved so much.

Pizza crust, napkins and plastic cups are scattered across the carpet.

Signs of volcanic activity are scattered throughout the park.

Curiously, light scattered in the sky is also somewhat polarized.

Twisted rebar, concrete, and splintered furniture lay scattered across the floor of this room.

The birds are here by tens of thousands, and the scattered wild oats have.

The language of business is scattered with references to games.

He said information about species today is widely scattered in scientific literature, museum collections, and databases.

It was not hit by a plane and had only minor scattered fires.

She noticed that half of the bats scattered around turbines do not have any visible injuries.

And because the edges of the tube curve away from the film, the x-rays get scattered about, causing distortion.

Windows were broken in department stores and other buildings at scattered points in the business.

Crushed wooden houses now resemble matchwood, scattered in every direction over swampy wasteland.

Evacuations, power failures, and road closures have left tens of thousands of refugees scattered and communications disrupted.

They further posited that the genes spliced into the plants were unstable and scattered around the genome in unpredictable ways.

So, in addition to having papers piled up all over his office, he had files scattered all over the house.

Corn husks and bundles of straw are being scattered about, and.

Many of the world's leading companies are multinationals with operations scattered throughout the world.

Yet spectral imaging has shown only small amounts of carbonates scattered across the planet's dusty surface.

These sectors may be located together but might be scattered across the disk if there is not enough contiguous space in one spot.

They also showed that the sparkle of starlight off oceans looks different from light scattered through clouds.

These rodents do not gather in large towns but maintain more scattered burrows.

Obsessed with self-improvement, he wrote notes to himself that he scattered throughout his house and car.

Other bits are scattered on smaller islands and a peninsula.

The spray of light scattered forward by these fields could push the object.

And grey voters are strategically scattered across the country.

The earlier drilling may have burst the treasure chest and scattered its contents into the.

Various scientific reports have been published over the last two years, and it is scattered in different medical journals.

The scattered rifle shots in the pitch black swamp punctured by the screams of wounded men crushed in the jaws of huge.

Light and radio waves are absorbed and scattered by interstellar gas and dust.

The deep image also revealed what appears to be hundreds of pinpoint sources of light scattered across the galaxy.

It probably is reflection of sound scattered in all directions.

Small grants scattered across deserving causes are likely to have less effect than concentrated efforts.

He studied the temple's surviving foundation and marble fragments found scattered around the site.

Persistent critics have disagreed with this conclusion, pointing to a few positive findings that emerge in scattered studies.

When you're scattered and diffuse, you're less creative.

Most had scattered some cotton or lentil seed after the rain.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object)

to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.

to separate and drive off in various directions; disperse: to scatter a crowd.

Physics.

to refract or diffract (light or other electromagnetic radiation) irregularly so as to diffuse in many directions.

(of a medium) to diffuse or deflect (light or other wave phenomena) by collisions between the wave and particles of the medium.

verb (used without object)

to separate and disperse; go in different directions.

noun

the act of scattering.

something that is scattered.

Origin:
1125–75; Middle English scatere; compare Dutch schateren to burst out laughing

Related forms

scat·ter·a·ble, adjective

scat·ter·er, noun

scat·ter·ing·ly, adverb

Synonyms
1. broadcast. See sprinkle. 2. Scatter, dispel, disperse, dissipate imply separating and driving something away so that its original form disappears. To scatter is to separate something tangible into parts at random, and drive these in different directions: The wind scattered leaves all over the lawn. To dispel is to drive away or scatter usually intangible things so that they vanish or cease to exist: Photographs of the race dispelled all doubts as to which horse won. To disperse is usually to cause a compact or organized tangible body to separate or scatter in different directions, to be reassembled if desired: Tear gas dispersed the mob. To dissipate is usually to scatter by dissolving or reducing to small atoms or parts that cannot be brought together again: He dissipated his money and his energy in useless activities.

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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

scatter

1154, possibly a northern Eng. variant of M.E. schateren (see shatter), reflecting Norse influence. Scatterbrain is first recorded 1790. Scattershot (adj.) is attested from 1961, fig. use of term for a kind of gun charge meant to broadcast the pellets when fired.

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

scatter scat·ter (skāt'ər)
v. scat·tered, scat·ter·ing, scat·ters

To cause to separate and go in different directions.
To separate and go in different directions; disperse.
To deflect radiation or particles.

n.
The act of scattering or the condition of being scattered.

Slang Dictionary

scattered definition

mod.
drug intoxicated; confused by drug use. (Drugs. See also scat.) : Those poor kids are so scattered, they can't even get themselves to class.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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