scattering
Noun
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is a type of: small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitudesame as: sprinkling
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is a type of: action, activity, natural action, natural process - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)is a part of: extinction - the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
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is a type of: rain shower, shower - a brief period of precipitationsame as: sprinkle, sprinkling
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is a type of: spread, spreading - process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of spacesubtypes:
- diaspora - the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time
- dissipation - breaking up and scattering by dispersion
same as: dispersion
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