ˌskad.əˈrāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: scatter (I) + -ation
1. : the act or process of scattering
while there are many reasons for the centrifugal whirl of people and business from the older cities, the automobile has been the greatest factor in the scatteration — New York Times
2. : the state of being scattered
3. : something scattered
a tract of land, edged on its two coasts with a scatteration of islands — Colin Simpson