1. scattering - Noun
2. scattering - Adjective
3. scattering - Verb
of Scatter
Going or falling in various directions; not united or aggregated; divided among many; as, scattering votes.
Act of strewing about; something scattered.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOne of the neighbors found Nasreddin scattering crumbs all around his house. "Why are you doing that?" he asked. "I'm keeping the tigers away," replied Nasreddin. "But there aren't any tigers around here," said the neighbor. "That's right," said Nasreddin. "You see how well it works?" Nasreddin
If a little kid ever asks you just why the sky is blue, you look him or her right in the eye and say, "It's because of quantum effects involving Rayleigh scattering combined with a lack of violet photon receptors in our retinae." Phil Plait
I am thinking,' he remarked quietly, 'whether I shall add to the disorder in this room, by scattering your brains about the fireplace. Wilkie Collins
Having regard to the use which Germany made of her great army, is there anything unjust in scattering that army, disarming it, making it incapable of repeating the injury which it has inflicted upon the world? David Lloyd George
After the gathering comes the scattering. Irish Proverb
Scattering is easier than gathering. Irish Proverb