n.
Pronunciation: ' ska-t ə -ri ŋ
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
1 : an act or process in which something scatters or is scattered
2 : something scattered: as a : a small number or quantity interspersed here and there <a scattering of visitors> b : the random change in direction of the particles constituting a beam or wave front due to collision with particles of the medium traversed