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| broadcast |
a method of sowing seed by scattering it randomly over the soil. [1/9 definitions] |
| Diaspora |
the scattering of Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian exile. [2/3 definitions] |
| diffusion |
the spreading or wide scattering of something. [1/3 definitions] |
| dispel |
to drive away or get rid of by, or as if by, scattering in all directions; disperse. |
| dispersion |
in statistics, the spread or scattering of data, usu. around some middle point or value. [1/4 definitions] |
| disseminate |
to spread widely, as though scattering seed. |
| dissipate |
to waste by, or as though by, scattering or spreading widely; squander. [1/4 definitions] |
| litter |
to make (a place) messy by scattering rubbish or other objects. [1/11 definitions] |
| scatter |
the act of scattering. [1/6 definitions] |
| strew |
to cover (something) with, or as if with, a scattering or sprinkling. [1/4 definitions] |
| turbidimeter |
an instrument that measures the turbidity of a fluid by the degree of scattering of a light beam passed through it. |
| Tyndall effect |
the scattering and polarization of light by colloidal particles within a suspension. |
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