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• scatter — [skat′ər] vt. [ME skateren, ult. < IE * sked , to split, disperse < base * sek , to cut > L secare] 1. a) to throw here and there or strew loosely; sprinkle b) to sprinkle over (with) something 2. to separate and drive in many… …   English World dictionary

• scatter — scatterable, adj. scatterer, n. scatteringly, adv. /skat euhr/, v.t. 1. to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds. 2. to separate and drive off in various directions; disperse: to scatter a crowd. 3. Physics. a.… …   Universalium

• scatter — scat|ter [ˈskætə US ər] v [I and T] [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Perhaps from shatter] 1.) if someone scatters a lot of things, or if they scatter, they are thrown or dropped over a wide area in an irregular way scatter (sth) over/around/across etc… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• scatter — [[t]skæ̱tə(r)[/t]] scatters, scattering, scattered 1) VERB If you scatter things over an area, you throw or drop them so that they spread all over the area. [V n prep/adv] She tore the rose apart and scattered the petals over the grave... [V n… …   English dictionary

• scatter — verb 1 (T) to throw or drop a lot of things over a wide area in an irregular way: scatter sth over/on/around: Books lay scattered all over the floor. | scatter sth with sth: The sky was scattered with stars. 2 (I, T) if a group of people scatter …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• scatter — /ˈskætə / (say skatuh) verb (t) 1. to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals. 2. to separate and drive off in various directions; disperse. 3. Physics as in an interaction with matter, to deflect (any beam of radiation),… …  

• climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …   Universalium

• comet — cometary /kom i ter ee/, cometic /keuh met ik/, cometical, adj. cometlike, adj. /kom it/, n. Astron. a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and… …   Universalium

• Nice model — The Nice model (pronounced /ˈniːs/, like niece) is a scenario for the dynamical evolution of the Solar System. It is named for the location of the Observatoire de la Côte d Azur, where it was initially developed, in Nice, France.[1][2] It… …   Wikipedia

• crystal — crystallike, adj. /kris tl/, n., adj., v., crystaled, crystaling or (esp. Brit.) crystalled, crystalling. n. 1. a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice. 2. the transparent form of crystallized quartz. 3. Chem., Mineral. a solid body… …   Universalium

• Crystal — /kris tl/, n. 1. a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis. 25,543. 2. a female given name. * * * I Any solid material whose atoms are arranged in a definite pattern and whose surface regularity reflects its internal symmetry. Each of a crystal s… …   Universalium