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(noun) a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby |
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Synonyms: sprinkle, sprinkling |
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Related Words: rain shower, shower |
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(noun) the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions |
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Related Words: action, activity, natural action, natural process |
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(noun) a small number dispersed haphazardly: "the first scatterings of green" |
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Synonyms: sprinkling |
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Related Words: small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity |
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(noun) the act of scattering |
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Synonyms: scatter, strewing |
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Related Words: spread, spreading |
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(noun) driving off or spreading widely |
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Synonyms: dispersion |
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Related Words: Diaspora, dissipation, spread, spreading |
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(satellite adjective) spreading by diffusion |
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Synonyms: diffusing, diffusive, dispersive, disseminating, disseminative, spreading |
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