scattering: Meaning and Definition of

scat•ter•ing

1. distributed or occurring here and there at irregular intervals; scattered.
2. straggling, as an assemblage of parts.
3. (of votes) cast in small numbers for various candidates.
4. distributing, dispersing, or separating.

1. a small, scattered number or quantity.
2. the process in which a wave or beam of particles is diffused or deflected by collisions with particles of the medium that it traverses. Cf.