Webster's English Dictionary

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scattering

1. scat.ter.ing n 1: an act or process in which something scatters or is 
   scattered  2: something scattered; esp : a small number or quantity 
   interspers ed here and there {a ~ of visitors}
2. scattering \-*-rin-le-\ aj 1: going in various directions  2: found or 
   placed far apart and in no order  3: divided among many or several {~ 
   votes}  - scat.ter.ing.ly av