• noun:   a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
• noun:   the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions
• noun:   a small number dispersed haphazardly

  Example: "The first scatterings of green"

• noun:   the act of scattering
• noun:   spreading widely or driving off
• adjective:   spreading by diffusion

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