scattering

scattering
Synonyms and related words:
a few, aloofness, anarchy, attenuation, attenuative, bit, breakup, broadcast, broadcasting, chaos, circumfusion, confusion, crack-up, diffraction, diffractional, diffractive, diffusion, diffusive, dilution, discontinuity, discreteness, disintegration, disjunction, dislocation, disorder, dispensation, dispersal, dispersion, dispersive, disruption, dissemination, disseminative, dissipation, dissipative, dissolution, distribution, distributive, divergence, emanation, entropy, evaporation, exfoliation, expansion, few, fragmentation, handful, hint, incoherence, inconsistency, limited number, nonadhesion, noncohesion, only a few, peppering, piddling few, piddling number, propagation, publication, radiance, radiation, radius, ray, revolution, scaling, scatterment, separateness, shattering, shotgun pattern, small number, smatter, smattering, soupcon, sowing, spatter, spattering, splay, spoke, spread, spreading, sprinkling, strewing, suggestion, too few, trickle, trifle, unadherence, unadhesiveness, untenacity, volatilization

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