scattering

1. A small quantity of something being dispersed (at random points).

   There will be a scattering of showers, with heavy rain in places.

   Verstreuung, Verstreuen, Aufstreuung

   a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly

2. The total number of votes awarded to nonmajor or unlisted candidates.

3. The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.

   Streuung, Zerstreuung, Ausbreitung

   рассеиваниеrasseivanije

   the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions

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