To scatter means to throw or drop things in many places, not keeping them together. People often scatter small objects like seeds or papers.
She scatter seeds in the garden.
They scatter papers on the floor.
Scatter can mean people or animals quickly moving apart in many directions. This often happens when they are scared or surprised.
The birds scatter when the dog comes.
People scatter from the loud noise.
Scatter as a noun means how things are spread out in an area. You can talk about the scatter of stars or leaves when they are not in one place.
There is scatter of stars in the sky.
Scatter of leaves is on the ground.
Scatter here means energy, light, or sound spreading out and getting weaker. This happens when they move through air, glass, or other materials.
Light has scatter when it passes glass.
Sound shows scatter in the open air.
In statistics, scatter means how far numbers are from the middle or average number. It helps understand if data is close or very spread out.
Scatter shows how data points spread apart.
The graph shows scatter of results.
Scatter can be used as a command to tell people to leave a place quickly and go in different directions. It is often used by police or teachers.
The teacher said, 'Scatter now!' loud.
Police told crowd to scatter fast.
Scatter means light or rays go in different directions after hitting a surface. This is common in physics and computer graphics to show how light behaves.
Light scatters when it hits rough surfaces.
Lasers scatter in many directions here.
Scatter can mean people or animals moving around and going to different places instead of staying together. It often describes movement in a city or area.
Tourists scatter across the city streets.
Children scatter to play outside after school.
