Scatter
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To cause to separate and go in different directions. To distribute loosely as by sprinkling. To deflect (radiation or particles). To separate and go in different directions; disperse. To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
Example sentence: Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.
Scattering
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A small quantity of something occurring at irregular intervals and dispersed at random points,The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.