Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "scattering" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Bragg scattering Compton scattering Mie scattering Møller scattering Raman scattering Rayleigh scattering Rutherford scattering Tyndall scattering Umklapp scattering autoscattering backscattering deep scattering layer last scattering surface light-scattering photometry neutron scattering overscattering rescattering scattering function superscattering upscattering urban scattering

Inflected/Variant Forms

scatter

Context

physics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

action activity light-scattering natural action natural process rain shower shower small indefinite amount small indefinite quantity spread spreading

Type Of (IsA)

light scattering movement process multi path translation natural process shower small indefinite quantity spreading

Part Of

extinction

Related Terms

beam collision dispersed interaction irregular particle process quantity random scatter wave

Synonym Network

dispersion scatter

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