plural of scatteration

Of land mines: designed to be dispersed from a height, as from a helicopter.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scatter

plural of scatter

(physics) the diffraction phenomenon exhibited by a crystal bombarded with X-rays in such a way that each plane of the crystal lattice acts as a reflector.

(physics) any of several techniques that use the wavelike behaviour of neutrons as a scientific probe

(physics) the Raman effect

a small rug, especially one of several used as floor covering

(physics) A function which describes the intensity of scattered radiation in any given direction

(chiefly Britain) Any of a series of showers of rain, whose number, location and timing are impossible to predict