scattering

scattering

1. present participle of scatter

scattering (plural scatterings)

1. A small quantity of something occurring at irregular intervals and dispersed at random points,

   There will be a scattering of showers, with heavy rain in places.

   • 2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian‎:

     There was something distinctly low-key, even wilfully alienating about the band’s performance. A scattering of OK Computer tracks were interspersed with more abstract latterday material – the clatter of 15 Step and Myxamatosis.

2. (physics) The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.

• light-scattering