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1. To cause to separate and go in various directions: dispel, disperse, dissipate. See collect/distribute.
2. To disappear by or as if by rising: disperse, dissipate, lift. See collect/distribute, rise/fall.
3. To extend over a wide area: circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, radiate, spread, strew. See move/halt, wide/narrow.

v

Definition: strew, disperse
Antonyms: collect, gather

IN BRIEF: To throw in many directions; to spread out.

There is no beautifier of complexion or form of behavior like the wish to scatter joy, and not pain, around us. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American transcendentalist philosopher, essayist and lecturer.

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to disperse in random direction(s) by impact or other interaction, especially light, electrons, neutrons, or X-rays. The measurement of scattered rays or particles may lead to useful analysis, as in light scattering.

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1. the diffusion or deviation of x-rays produced by a medium through which the rays pass.
2. the distribution of two variables in relation to each other, e.g. the numbers of a population in terms of time, place or any other variable.

• back s. — backward diffusion of x-rays.
• s. diagram — a graphic representation of a scatter of two variables.
• s. radiation — the scattering of radiation in all directions as a result of interaction between the beam of the x-ray and the patient. See also compton effect.

For a list of words related to scatter, see:

• Directions - scatter: disperse in all directions

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - sprede, strø
v. intr. - spredes, sprede sig
n. - spredning

Nederlands (Dutch)
(ver)strooien, verspreiden, uiteendrijven

Français (French)
v. tr. - répandre, éparpiller, disperser, disséminer, faire envoler (des oiseaux), (Phys) faire disperser
v. intr. - se disperser
n. - éparpillement, dispersion

Deutsch (German)
v. - (sich) zerstreuen, zunichte machen, verstreuen
n. - Verstreutes, Streuung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (δια)σκορπίζω/-ομαι, διασπείρω/-ομαι
n. - διασκορπισμός, διασπορά, (καθομ.) "εσωτερική" αντανάκλαση φωτογραφίας

Italiano (Italian)
disperdere, spargere, seminare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - espalhar
n. - ato de espalhar (m)

Русский (Russian)
разбрасывать, рассыпать, разгонять, разбивать, разрушать, развеивать (надежды), разъединять, издавать (запах), щедро наделять, рассеивание, разброс, рассеяние

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - dispersar, esparcir, desparramar, sembrar
v. intr. - dispersarse, deparramarse, desperdigarse, disiparse
n. - escatología (estudio de los excrementos)

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - sprida, strö ut, beströ, skingras, skringra sig, fördela sig
n. - spridning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使消散, 撒, 使分散, 消散, 溃散, 分散, 零落地出现, 散播

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使消散, 撒, 使分散
v. intr. - 消散, 潰散, 分散, 零落地出現
n. - 消散, 潰散, 分散, 散播

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 분산시키다, (희망을) 사라지게 하다, (재산 등을) 낭비하다
v. intr. - 흩어지다, 사라지다, 사방으로 분산하다
n. - 살포, (산탄 등의) 흩어지는 범위, 은신처

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ばらまく, 追い散らす, 散乱させる, …安打散発に押える, 四散する, 散発する, 撒く
n. - まきちらすこと, まきちらされたもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يبعثر, ينثر (الاسم) عدد قليل مبعثر, تبعثر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פיזר, הפיץ‬
v. intr. - ‮התפזר‬
n. - ‮פיזור, כמות מעטה‬

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