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Scattering synonyms and antonyms

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sprinkling
A light shower of rain.
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dispersing
To dispel (mist, etc.)
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uneven
Not straight or parallel:
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not many
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few (related)
Not many; a small number of
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irregular (related)
(Geometry, of a polyhedron) Whose faces are not all regular polygons (are not equally inclined to each other).
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diffusion cross section (related)
The spreading of a stream of particles or a beam of rays, as of light, over a range of directions as a result of collisions with other particles. The sky appears blue due to the tendency of air molecules to scatter blue and violet light more than light of other frequencies. The scattering probabilities and patterns of subatomic particles, accelerated by particle accelerators and aimed at a target, is a major component of experimental particle physics.
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scatter
The act or process of scattering
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strewing
The act of scattering or spreading.
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dispersion
Dispersion is defined as the breaking up or scattering of something.
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sprinkle
A light rain
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dispelling
To dispel is defined as to drive away or make disappear.
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dissipating
To be dissipated; disperse or vanish
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spreading
To distribute over a surface in a layer:
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dusting
To bathe in dust
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dotting
To mark with a dot.
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spraying
To project a liquid in a dispersive manner.
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wasting
Waste is defined as to destroy, wear away or use up.
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squandering
To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
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splattering
(Intransitive) To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.
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sowing
(Figuratively) To spread abroad; to propagate.
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showering
To bathe using a shower.
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separating
To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
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routing
To rout is to dig up or turn over ground.
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promulgating
To put (a law, for example) into effect by formal public announcement.
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interspersing
To mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other:
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flinging
To move quickly, violently, or impulsively:
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dividing
To separate into groups; classify
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diversifying
To diversify is defined as to divide up and add variety.
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diverging
(Intransitive, literally of lines or paths) To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
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distributing
To separate into categories; classify.
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disseminating
To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, and errors for growth and propagation, such as seed
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disbanding
To separate and move in different directions; disperse.
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diffusing
To cause to spread out freely:
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deranging
To disturb the order, arrangement, or functioning of:
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deflecting
To turn or make go to one side
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circulating
To spread widely among persons or places; disseminate:
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casting
To calculate astrologically:
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exhausting
To escape or pass out:
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broadcasting
To make known over a wide area:
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lavishing
To give or spend generously or liberally
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expending
To spend
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setting
To apply jewels to; stud:
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severing
To part or break off, as by cutting or with force; cut in two
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shedding
(Intransitive) To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, let fall, be divested of.
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migrating
(Intransitive) To change one's geographic pattern of habitation.
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radiating
To spread out in all directions from a center.
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lifting
To rise; ascend.
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collecting (antonym)
To collect payments, contributions, etc.
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gathering (antonym)
To pick, pluck, or collect by picking; harvest
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mixing (antonym)
To combine or join:
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joining (antonym)
To join is defined as to bring or connect together or to become part of something that already exists.
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uniting (antonym)
To join in marriage
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convening (antonym)
To cause to come together formally; convoke:
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assembling (antonym)
To bring or call together into a group or whole:
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spending (related)
To spend is to use all of a resource, to focus your energy on something or to give someone money.
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moving (related)
To stir the emotions:
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rising (related)
To move upwards.
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phonon (related)
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diffraction (related)
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anisotropy (related)
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energy-loss (related)
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excitation (related)
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small-angle (related)
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photodissociation (related)
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exciton (related)
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spectra (related)
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ionization (related)
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photoemission (related)
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lattice (related)
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neutron (related)
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photoluminescence (related)
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collisional (related)
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some
(Logic) Being part and perhaps all of a class.
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  • The system of "compositions" or fines, paid in many cases with the help of kinsmen, finds its natural place in the ancient, tribal period of English history and loses its vitality later on in consequence of the growth of central power and of the scattering of maegths.

  • As the milk is cleared out, the scattering of the drops is gradually re-established.

  • Although there was a scattering of other bikers, he was sure the bright yellow windbreaker would be easy to spot, unless the biker became lost in a large pack.

  • Plate glass is, nevertheless, considerably used for the cheaper forms of lenses, where the scattering of the light and loss of definition arising from these fine striae is not readily recognized.

  • The normal scattering of a nearly vertical jet is due to the rebound of the drops when they come into collision with one another.

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