Synonyms for Scattering (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly):
sprinkling
WordNet sense 2 (a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby):
sprinkle
WordNet sense 3 (spreading widely or driving off):
dispersion
WordNet sense 4 (spreading by diffusion):
diffusive, diffusing, dispersive, disseminating, disseminative, spreading
WordNet sense 5 (serving to distribute or allot or disperse):
distributive
WordNet sense 6 (the act of scattering):
scatter, strewing
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