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Scattered

Definition: Scattered

Scattered

Adjective

1. Occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space; "scattered showers"; "scattered villages".

2. Not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "scattered fire"; "a stray bullet grazed his thigh".

3. Being distributed here and there without order; "scattered leaves littered the sidewalk"; "don't forget to pick up the clothes lying strewn all over the floor".

4. Lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "scattered" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Scattering

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In physics, scattering is a class of phenomena by which particles are deflected by collisions with other particles.

In astronomy and optics scattering is deflection of photons that by macroscopic surfaces such as an asteroid or by small particles like the rings of Saturn. No atomic or molecular absorption or emission processes are involved. The sky is blue because molecules in the air preferentially scatter blue light.

Scattering is the process by which small particles suspended in a medium of a different index of refraction diffuse a portion of the incident radiation in all directions. In scattering, no energy transformation results, only a change in the spatial distribution of the radiation. Also called scatter.

Along with absorption, scattering is a major cause of the attenuation of radiation by the atmosphere. Scattering varies as a function of the ratio of the particle diameter to the wavelength of the radiation. When this ratio is less than about one-tenth, Rayleigh scattering occurs in which the scattering coefficient varies inversely as the fourth power of the wavelength. At larger values of the ratio of particle diameter to wavelength, the scattering varies in a complex fashion described by the Mie theory; at a ratio of the order of 10, the laws of geometric optics begin to apply.

In particle physics, scattering refers to deflection of subatomic particles, a process central to many experiments. In scattering experiments, a target of some material is bombarded with a beam of particles (typically electrons, protons, or neutrons) and the number of particles emerging in various directions is measured. This distribution reveals information about the interaction that takes place between the target and the scattered particle.

A famous scattering experiment of alpha particles off gold nuclei performed by Ernest Rutherford revealed the basic structure of the atom - a tiny nucleus surrounded by electrons. See Rutherford scattering. Scattering has also been done off of nucleons and quarks.

Mathematically, scientists describe scattering by an impact parameter (which describes how close the incident particle would come to the target if it moved in a straight line) and an angle of deflection (which describes the angle at which the particle emerges relative to its original direction). The distribution of deflection angles is described by a function known as the differential cross section, which (roughly) relates a direction in space in which some particles emerge to the amount of the incoming beam (in area) those particles came from.

The abstract mathematics of scattering is developed as scattering theory.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Scattering."

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Synonyms: Scattered

Synonyms: confused (adj), disconnected (adj), disjointed (adj), disordered (adj), garbled (adj), illogical (adj), isolated (adj), stray (adj), strewn (adj), unconnected (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Scattered

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Fewness

Adjective: few; scant, scanty; thin, rare, scattered, thinly scattered, spotty, few and far between, exiguous; infrequent; rari nantes; hardly any, scarcely any; to be counted on one's fingers; reduced; Verb: unrepeated.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Scattered

English words defined with "scattered": Alnus rugosa, approach, approaching, Aspergillales, Aspersedbreak upCaltrap, Cerebro-spinal sclerosis, cluttered, coming, Crotalus scutulatus, Cycadalesdark field illumination, dark ground illumination, dark-field microscope, dispel, disperse, dispersion, Disseminated, Dissipable, dissipate, distributed, distribution, dot, Druid stones, dustEurotiales, explodedFederated States of Micronesiaground baitlitteredMicronesia, Mojave rattlesnake, Mundaorder Aspergillales, order Cycadales, order Eurotialesrallying point, Re-collect, Round-upsagebrush lizard, Sago spleen, Sarsen, scatter, Sceloporus graciosus, Seedlop, spareness, sparseness, sparsity, speckled alder, sporadic, Sporadic disease, Spotted tortoise, spread out, sprinkle, strawberry, Strewment, strewn, SubhornblendicTT, Tyndall effectultramicroscopeVedanta. (references)
Specialty definitions using "scattered": Accelerated Graphics Port, accommodation coefficient, Acorn, agricultural consolidation, air light, anti-scatter grid, Atlantic Islands, Autonomous Nano Technology SwarmBabel, tower of, backscattered radiation, Beam Radiation, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, build-up, build-up effectcalculated area, ceiling unlimited, Compton effect, consolidation of fragmented holdings, coronagraph, cow madnessdefragment, diffuse halation, diffuse sky radiation, Diffuse Solar Radiation, disseminated deposit, disseminated ore, druid stone, dynamic bindingELECTRIC-FORK OPERATOR, Encephalitis Viruses, Epistles, extinction cross sectionF CORONA, FALLIERES, Fraunhofer coronaGiant Cells, Foreign-BodyHIV Wasting Syndromeindirect illumination, inelastic scatteringK CORONA, K-corona, Kit's Coty Houseland consolidation, language lawyer, Laser-Doppler Flowmetry, Leitz tyndallometerMary Anne Associations, Midline Thalamic Nuclei, MIE theory, multiple scatteringNahash, narrow beam, nephelometry, Nephelometry and Turbidimetry, New Storage Systemoptically effective atmospherephosphalite, Popcorn Convection, pressure chamber, Prokaryotic Cellsradio horizon, radioactive mineral, Raman Scattering, Raphe Nuclei, re-allocation of agricultural land holdings, re-allotment of land, received power, regrouping of lands, relative scatter intensity, reparcelation, reparcelling out of small holdingsscanty parenchyma, scatter angle, scattered day off, scattering angle, scattering cross section, scattering function, scattering power, scattering-type pressure gage, seed sown in square, seed sown in square groups, Sepharad, Spectrum Analysis, Raman, STRIPPING-SHOVEL OPERATOR, SUPERINTENDENT OF GENERATION, superintendent, operationstransfer of ownership, tree savanna, tree savannah, tyndallometerUmkehr effectVexedZealots. (references)
Etymologies containing "scattered": Strewment. (references)

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Modern Usage: Scattered

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Its pages are scattered everywhere (Kingdom Hearts; writing credit: Billy Gallo; Robert Gillings)

Now I feel I'm beng scattered in a thousand pieces (2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle; writing credit: Catherine Vimenet; Jean-Luc Godard)

Lyrics

Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind ("The Way We Were"; performing artist: Barbra Streisand)

And they gathered in all directions, like roses they scattered (Birdland; performing artist: Patti Smith)

Clever

True friends are like diamonds: precious and rare. False friends are like autumn leaves: scattered everywhere. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Scattered Remains (1988)

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Commercial Usage: Scattered

DomainTitle

Books

  • Fallen Shepherds, Scattered Sheep: A Time for Spiritual Renewal (reference)

  • Karate: Scattered Reflections of a Traditional Art in a Modern Society (reference)

  • Letters of the Scattered Brotherhood (reference)

  • Scattered Hegemonies: Postmodernity and Transnational Feminist Practices (reference)

  • Scattered Poems (reference)

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Periodicals

  

Music

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Scattered

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Scattered

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Pictured is an array of prescription drugs. The pills are scattered and unarranged. In some photos is a container of birth control pills In the background. Credit: J. Troha (photographer).

A white plate on a tablecloth of white and lavender design. The plate contains a green apple, a curled orange peel, 3 orange slices and 3 purple grapes. Other purple grapes are scattered on the tablecloth. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Within a myocyte is a pseudocyst containing numerous tachyzoites of Toxoplasma gondii. Several myocardial contraction bands and scattered inflammatory cells are visible. Parasite. Credit: CDC.

If a basal tuft is not present, the genus is Culex. In this genus, one will note the presence of a row of tufts or scattered hairs occurring along each side of the siphon. Credit: CDC.

Lone shrub along the canyon rim. Leading up to the bush are wildflowers and clumps of grass with scattered rocks. Credit: Unknown.

Scenic overlook looking down to scattered forest lands and Castle Rock. Credit: Unknown.

View on the flight deck of USS Lexington (CV-2), at about 1500 hrs. on 8 May 1942, during the Battle of the Coral Sea. The ship's air group is spotted aft, with Grumman F4F-3 fighters nearest the camera. SBD scout bombers and TBD-1 torpedo planes are parked further aft. Smoke is rising around the after aircraft elevator from fires burning in the hangar. Note fire hose, wheels, propellers, servicing stands and other gear scattered on the flight deck. Credit: NAVY.

Noses through scattered sea ice in March 1946, during her Arctic experimental cruise. Photographed looking forward from the carrier's island, with SB2C "Helldiver" and F4U "Corsair" planes parked on her flight deck. A "Gearing" class destroyer is steaming past in the background. Credit: NAVY.

She dropped down into his shabby college arm-chair and hid her face in the scattered papers on his desk. Credit: Library of Congress.

Rustic trail recently cut through forest past scattered houses to U.S. Capitol (?) building. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Scattered
 

"Scattered Death" by Toby Cummings
Commentary: "A photo I took during the winter. I thought the branches looked kinda cool! ."
"Knives out" by Roger Mexico
Commentary: "Some scattered swann-morton surgical blades."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Scattered

AuthorQuotation

Daniel Webster

Knowledge, in truth, is the great sun in the firmament. Life and power are scattered with all its beams.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross.

Joseph Addison

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.

St. Augustine

By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Scattered

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

Thus conquerors swords often cut up governments by the roots, and mangle societies to pieces, separating the subdued or scattered multitude from the protection of, and dependence on, that society which ought to have preserved them from violence. (Second Treatise of Government)

Communist Manifesto

1848

At this stage the labourers still form an incoherent mass scattered over the whole country, and broken up by their mutual competition. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Scattered

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

He turned angrily and threatened them with his stick, and they scattered like a flock of birds

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

The catcalls and hisses and mocking cries ran in rude gusts round the hall from his scattered fellowstudents

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

The mattress lay on the ground, and the equipment was scattered about, as it had been unloaded in the morning

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Scattered

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Plague also has been reported in scattered foci in western and northern Africa. (references)

Atypical melanocytes may be absent or scant and randomly scattered through the lesion. (references)

Scattered along the lymphatic vessels are small, bean-shaped lymph nodes, where immune cells gather and interact. (references)

Business

Nevertheless, there were scattered reports of such detentions. (references)

This sector is highly scattered at both the manufacturing and the distribution levels. (references)

In addition, approximately 1,800 primary health care centers and polyclinics are scattered throughout Saudi Arabia. (references)

Civil Liberties

Kenya

Somalis accounted for approximately 80 percent of the total refugee population, followed by large numbers of Sudanese and a scattered number of other nationalities from across the region. (references)

Economic History

Burkina Faso

Terrain: Savanna; brushy plains, and scattered hills. (references)

North Korea

The remainder is lowland plains covering small, scattered areas. (references)

Human Rights

Congo

The Government did not allow these organizations to visit the numerous unpublicized and unofficial detention sites scattered throughout the country where most newly arrested detainees were held, questioned, and sometimes subjected to abuse. (references)

Indigenous People

Angola

The population includes 1 to 2 percent of Khoisan and other linguistically distinct hunter-gatherer tribes scattered through the provinces of Namibe, Cunene, and Cuando Cubango. (references)

Minorities

Lesotho

Christians are scattered throughout the country, while Muslims are found mainly in the northeastern part of the country. (references)

Political Economy

JAMAICA

Children are observed peddling goods and services, and there are scattered reports of children working in fishing villages. (references)

Kiribati

Kiribati is a constitutional republic that occupies 33 small islands widely scattered across 1.365 million square miles of the central Pacific Ocean. (references)

Guinea

Guineans voted in their first multi-party legislative and municipal elections in 1995. Scattered violence marked the elections, and international observers noted irregularities in the electoral process. (references)

Political Rights

Haiti

Despite high tensions and scattered violence, police successfully patrolled the streets. (references)

Haiti

Observers described these elections as generally free and fair despite some scattered irregularities. (references)

Indonesia

There were numerous, and in some cases credible, allegations of vote buying and scattered allegations of voter intimidation, particularly in rural areas. (references)

Trade

Japan

A law enacted in 1992 created a total of 22 Foreign Access Zones (FAZ) scattered throughout Japan. (references)

Worker Rights

Croatia

In August the Government announced a series of layoffs in the national police force that prompted scattered protests across the country, especially in areas of high unemployment such as Karlovac and Bijelovar. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Scattered

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829Our relations with the numerous tribes of aboriginal natives of this country, scattered over its extensive surface and so dependent even for their existence upon our power, have been during the present year highly interesting.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963In particular it will enable us to meet any deliberate effort to avoid or divert our forces by starting limited wars in widely scattered parts of the globe.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Scattered

"Scattered" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 35.95% of the time. "Scattered" is used about 1,070 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)35.95%38514,324
Adjective (general or positive)35.11%37614,528
Lexical Verb (past tense)28.57%30616,534
Noun (proper)0.37%4175,879
                    Total100.00%1,070N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Scattered

Expressions using "scattered": back scattered light be scattered scattered around scattered clouds scattered day off scattered energy scattered load scattered radiation scattered read scattered showers scattered trees scattered widespread thinly scattered population. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "scattered": back-scattered, crumb-scattered, geographically-scattered, leaf-scattered, olive-scattered, over-scattered, randomly-scattered, rug-scattered, spasm-scattered, toy-scattered, widely-scattered, wide-scattered.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Scattered

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

fall scattered

9

scattered thunderstorm

7

scattered

7

mickey scattered

6

order scattered wind

6

picture scattered

5

body go scattered

5

scattered storm t

4

scattered shower

3

scattered site

3

energy microscopic scattered texture

3

candle pearl scattered unity

2

isolated scattered thunderstorm

2

day green lyrics scattered

2

the scattered seed

2
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Modern Translation: Scattered

Language Translations for "scattered"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i shpërndarë (diffuse, diffused, diffusive, disseminated, dissipated, rambling, straggling), i përhapur (diffuse, diffusive, disseminated, extended, far flung, outstretched, popular, prevailing, prevalent, vogue). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏منثور, ‏متناثر (dispersed, lax, sparse, sprinkled, strewn about), ‏مبعثر (dispersed). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

разхвърлян (desultory, higgledy-piggledy, incoherent, messy, pell mell, piggish, unkempt, untidy), разкъсан (bite to death, torn), разпръснат (diffuse, effuse, rare, straggling), разпокъсан (abrupt, patchy), разположен нарядко, разпилян (scattering, sporadic, straggling). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

驱散 (scattering), 零落 (sporadic, withered and fallen). (various references)

   

Czech

  

roztroušený (scatter in all directions), roztrhaný (ragged), rozházený (higgledy-piggledy). (various references)

   

Danish

  

sprogoploesning (scattered speech), sproejtning i unge plantager,ufremkommelige parceller og spredtliggende frugtplantager (impassable lots and scattered orchards, spraying in young plantations), spredte skyer (scattered clouds), spredte poroesiteter (scattered blowholes), spredt stråling (scatter, scattered radiation), spredt lys (scattered light), spredt laesning (scattered read), spredt kompleks (scattered group), spredt energi (scattered energy), randomiseringsmetode (scatter load, scattered load), lysspredningens intensitet maalt med et tyndalloskop afhaenger af stoevets finhedsgrad (the scattered light intensity which is measured in the tyndalloscope depends on the fineness of the particular dust sample), landbrugsbedrift med spredte jordlodder (property in small parcels, scattered farm holdings, scattered fields, scattered property), enkelttræer (scattered trees), ekstensiv frugttraeskultur (scattered orchards), diffus energi (scattered energy). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Streuobstbau (scattered orchards), snipperdag (holiday), verstrooide wolken (scattered clouds), verstrooide straling (scatter, scattered radiation), verstrooide energie (scattered energy), verstrooid licht (scattered light), verstrooid geheel (scattered group), verspreide eenheid (scattered group), verspreid vermogen (scattered energy), verspreid staande bomen (scattered trees), het spruiten van jonge aanplant,in onberijbare percelen en in verspreide boomgaarden (impassable lots and scattered orchards, spraying in young plantations), gespreid lezen (scattered read), gespreid laden (scatter load, scattered load), geparcelleerd bezit (property in small parcels, scattered farm holdings, scattered fields, scattered property), de met de tyndalloscoop gemeten diffuse lichtsterkte van het stof is een functie van de korrelafmeting van dit stof (the scattered light intensity which is measured in the tyndalloscope depends on the fineness of the particular dust sample). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hajanainen (desultory, disconnected, incoherent), hajan (desultory, disconnected, incoherent), hajallaan oleva (dispersed). (various references)

   

French

  

disséminé, dispersé, éparpillai, éparpillés, éparpillé, éparpillèrent, éparpilla. (various references)

   

German

  

zerstreute (absentmindedly, dispersed, diverted), zerstreut (absent minded, absentmindedly, abstracted, diffusedly, dispersed, disperses, distracted, diverts, muddle-headed, scatterbrained, scatters, sporadic, vague), verstreut (passim, scatters), vereinzelt (isolated, isolates, occasional, sporadic, stray), einzeln (apart, apartly, detailed, discrete, individual, individually, lone, odd, particular, separate, separated, separately, severally, single, singly, solitary, special), auseinandergejagt. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σκορπιστός, διεσπαρμένοσ. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מפוזר (absent minded, dispersed, distracted, scatterbrained), מפורד (disparate, dispersed, disunited, loose), פזור (demilitarization, diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, dissipation, distribution, scatter, scattering, spread), נדף (fallen). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szétszóródott. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

kececeran (spilled about, stolen), cecer (spilled), bertaburan (spread), berkececeran (spilled), bebar. (various references)

   

Italian

  

sparpagliato. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

離れ離れ (separate), 散り散り (dispersed, separated), ばい菌 (a sure thing, abruptly, bacteria, be dry, disconnected, disperse, divorced, flop, germ, in drops, in pieces, loose, only, perfectly, plump, properly, right on the mark, rustle, rustling, suddenly, to be exhausted, to be worn out, to expose, to kill, to lay open, to murder, to take to pieces, unexpectedly, with a bang, with a clash, with a thud). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ばらばら (disconnected, disperse, in drops, in pieces, loose, rustling), はなればなれ (separate), ちりぢり (dispersed, separated). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

뿌리는 (Sowed, sown, sprinkled). (various references)

   

Manx

  

skeaylt (disbanded, disconnected, dispelled, floating, loose, loose-fitting, loose-jointed, slackened, spreading, sprinkled, sprung, unfurled), skaht (shed, shook), skahit (shed, shook), orchit (jumbled, littered, mangled). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

atteredscay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

disseminado (broadcast, straggling), disperso (sparse, sporadic, straggling), difuso (absent-minded, diffuse, diffused, disseminated, dissipated, prolix). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

risipit (besprent, broadcast, dissipated, sparse), rar (choice, exceptional, far between, infrequent, lank, lanky, occasionally, rare, scanty, scarce, seldom, slowly, sparse, thin, thinly, uncommon, unusual), rãvãşit (littery, topsy turvy, troubled, upset), rãsturnat (head over heels, upset, upside down), rãspândit (current, prevailing, prevalent, wide-spread), izolat (apart, detached, isolated, lonely, lonesome, out of the way, private, remote, removed, retired, secluded, seclusive, segregate, separate, sequestered, solitary, unfrequented), dispersat, în dezordine (anyhow, hugger mugger, littery, out of order, upside down), împrãştiat (absent minded, besprent, disorderly, dissipated, giddy, littery, scatterbrain, scatterbrains, sparse, straggling, woolly-headed). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

рассыпанный, разбрасывать разбросанный (strewed, strewn), отдельный (detached, discrete, distinct, dividual, individual, isolated, peculiar, segregate, separate, several, single, stand-alone). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

rasut (bulk, dissipated, straggling), raštrkan (sparse, straggling), mestimičan (sporadic). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

disperso (dispersed, sparse, straggling, straggly). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

strödd (alternate, distichous), spridd (circulated, diffuse, general, patchy, straggling), gles (airy, sparse, thin). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

seyrek (few and far between, infrequent, rare, scarce, seldom, sparse, straggly, tenuous, thin), perişan (confused, dead beat, dead end, desolate, distraught, down and out, down at heels, forlorn, hangdog, out at elbows, poor, prostrate, ruinous, run down, seedy, shoestring, up the spout, wretched), dağınık (bedraggled, diffuse, disorganized, dispersed, messy, out of trim, ragged, scruffy, sick, straggling, straggly, unkempt, untidy, wild), dağılmış (decayed, diffuse, dissipated, effuse, spread, tapped, untidy), aralıklı (discontinuous, episodic, fitful, intermittent, spaced-out, sparse, spasmodic, sporadic). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

зalam-зaю. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

розрізнений (discrete, odd), розкиданий безладно, розметаний (diffuse). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

thưa thớt (between, sparse, thin, widely), rải rác (dispersedly, sparse), lưa thưa. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

gwasgarog (divided), gwasgaredig, ar wasgar (dispersed). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Scattered

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Greek700 BCE-300 CE

sporadikos. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

interspersus, rarius, rarum, sparsus. (various references)

Medieval Latin700-1500

sporadicus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Scattered

LanguageDateSourceLuke Chapter 1, Verse 51
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEpoihsen kratoV en bracioni autou dieskorpisen uperhfanouV dianoia kardiaV autwn
Latin405VulgateFecit potentiam in brachio suo dispersit superbos mente cordis sui
Old English990West SaxonHe worhte on hys earme: he todælde þa of ermodan. On mode hyra heortan;
Middle English1395WyclifHe made myyt in his arme, he scaterede proude men with the thouyte of his herte.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleHe sheweth strength with his arme he scattereth them that are proude in the ymaginacion of their hertes.
Jacobean English1611King JamesHe hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
Victorian English1833WebsterHe hath shown strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
Basic English1964OgdenWith his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Scattered

LanguageLuke Chapter 1, Verse 51
CebuanoSiya nakapakitag kusog pinaagi sa iyang bukton, iyang gipatibulaag ang mga tigpahitaas diha sa mga pagpamalandong sa ilang mga kasingkasing,
CroatianIskaza snagu mišice svoje, rasprši oholice umišljene.
DanishHan har øvet Vælde med sin Arm; han har adspredt dem, som ere hovmodige i deres Hjertes Tanke.
DutchHij heeft een krachtig werk gedaan door Zijn arm; Hij heeft verstrooid de hoogmoedigen in de gedachten hunner harten.
FinnishHän on osoittanut voimansa käsivarrellaan; hän on hajottanut ne, joilla oli ylpeät ajatukset sydämessään.
FrenchIl a déployé la force de son bras; Il a dispersé ceux qui avaient dans le coeur des pensées orgueilleuses.
GermanEr übet Gewalt mit seinem Arm und zerstreut, die hoffärtig sind in ihres Herzens Sinn.
HungarianHatalmas dolgot cselekedék karjának ereje által, elszéleszté az õ szívök gondolatában felfuvalkodottakat.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariDengan tangan-Nya yang perkasa Ia menceraiberaikan orang sombong, dan mengacaukan rencana mereka.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka Ia menunjukkan perbuatan yang berkuasa dengan tangan-Nya; dan mencerai-beraikan orang yang berhati sombong.
ItalianHa spiegato la potenza del suo braccio, ha disperso i superbi nei pensieri del loro cuore;
Manx GaelicT'eh er hoilshaghey niart lesh e roih t'eh er skeayley ny moyrnee ayns mooaralys nyn greeaghyn.
MaoriKua whakaputaina he kaha e ia, ara e tona ringa; nana te hunga whakakake i marara ai, i te whakaaro o o ratou ngakau.
NorwegianHan gjorde veldig verk med sin arm, han adspredte dem som var overmodige i sitt hjertes tanke;
PortugueseCom o seu braço manifestou poder; dissipou os que eram soberbos nos pensamentos de seus corações;   
RumanianEl a arqtat putere cu brayul Lui; a risipit gkndurile, pe cari le aveau cei mkndri kn inima lor.
RussianСЧЙМ УЙМХ НЩЫГЩ уЧПЕК; ТБУУЕСМ ОБДНЕООЩИ РПНЩЫМЕОЙСНЙ УЕТДГБ ЙИ;
ShuarTi itiurchatan Páchitsuk Túraiti Nii. "Nankaamantuitjai" tu Enentáimtumainia nuna nupetkaiti.
SwahiliAmefanya mambo makuu kwa mkono wake: amewatawanya wenye kiburi katika mawazo ya mioyo yao;
SwedishHan har utfört väldiga gärningar med sin arm, han har förskingrat dem som tänkte övermodiga tankar i sina hjärtan.
UmaNababehi anu mobaraka' hante kuasa-na: Tauna to molangko nono-ra nagaro' bona uma oko patuju-ra.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Scattered

Derivations

Words ending with "scattered": backscattered. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Scattered" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sattered, scattere, sccatered, sceptered, schtreet, slattered. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Scattered"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "scattered" (pronounced ska"terd)
4-a" t er dbattered, flattered, mattered, pattered, shattered, spattered, splattered, tattered.
3-t er dadministered, altered, bantered, bartered, bastard, bettered, blistered, bolstered, bustard, buttered, catered, centered, chartered, cloistered, clustered, cluttered, countered, cratered, custard, lettered, littered, doctored, embittered, encountered, entered, factored, faltered, festered, fettered, filibustered, filtered, flustered, fluttered, fostered, frittered, glittered, guttered, headquartered, martyred, mastered, mentored, metered, monitored, mustard, mustered, muttered, neutered, pestered, petard, petered, plastered, reentered, registered, sequestered, sheltered, shuttered, slaughtered, splintered, sputtered, teetered, tutored, unaltered, unchartered, uncluttered, unfettered, unfiltered, unregistered, upholstered, uttered, watered, wintered.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Scattered

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-r-s-t-t"

-1 letter: detracts, restated, retasted.

-2 letters: casette, catered, cerated, cerates, creased, created, creates, crested, dearest, decares, derates, detects, detract, ecartes, estated, estreat, reacted, redacts, redates, restate, retaste, scarted, scatted, scatter, sedater, started, tercets, tetrads, treated.

-3 letters: aretes, cadets, cadres, carets, carted, cartes, caster, caters, catted, ceased, cedars, ceders, cerate, certes, crated, crates, crease, create, creeds.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-e-r-s-t-t"
 

+1 letter: transected.

 

+2 letters: transfected.

 

+3 letters: consternated, decorticates, decrepitates, directorates, orchestrated, resuscitated, traducements, transcendent.

 

+4 letters: backscattered, counterstated, countertrades.

 

+5 letters: abstractedness, counterstained, deconcentrates, decrepitations, overabstracted, pancreatitides, reorchestrated, scatterbrained, straitjacketed, tetrachlorides, transcendental, transcendently.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Speeches
14. Usage Frequency
15. Expressions
16. Expressions: Internet
17. Translations: Modern
18. Translations: Ancient
19. Bible Trace
20. Derivations
21. Rhymes
22. Anagrams
23. Bibliography


  

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