scatterings
Things thrown about
Scatterings is the plural of scattering, which denotes a small, dispersed quantity of something spread over an area or among other things.
A few scatterings of snow remained in the shaded corners of the yard.
The word emphasizes sparse distribution rather than concentration, suggesting things are present but not abundant or organized.
In physics, scatterings refers to multiple instances of particles or waves being deflected by collisions or interactions with matter.
What stays after most goes
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- detritusLoose waste from decay
- residueMatter left behind
- leavingsWhat's abandoned behind
traces · particles · specks · fragments · dregs · dust · ashes · chaff
Small scattered amount
- strewingSpreading by tossing
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
- dispersionScattering across space
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
dissemination · spread · broadcast · coverage · radiation · proliferation · peppering · dotting
Mixed collection of things
- handfulAmount a palm holds
- smatteringSmall scattered amount
- samplingExtracting subset for study
- spatteringScattering in droplets
miscellany · hodgepodge · potpourri · medley · patchwork · motley · jumble · mixture
Absence of method
- disorderAbsence of organization
- chaosComplete disorder and confusion
- disarrayLack of order
- irregularityDeparture from standard
unevenness · unpredictability · arbitrariness · entropy · chance · happenstance · serendipity · coincidence
remnants
What stays after most goes
leavings · traces · particles · specks · fragments · dregs · dust · ashes · chaff · flotsam
sprinkling
Small scattered amount
- strewingSpreading by tossing
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
- dispersionScattering across space
diffusion · dissemination · spread · broadcast · coverage · radiation · proliferation · peppering · dotting · allocation
assortment
Mixed collection of things
- handfulAmount a palm holds
- smatteringSmall scattered amount
- samplingExtracting subset for study
spattering · miscellany · hodgepodge · potpourri · medley · patchwork · motley · jumble · mixture · array
haphazardness
Absence of method
irregularity · unevenness · unpredictability · arbitrariness · entropy · chance · happenstance · serendipity · coincidence · fortuity
scatteringsconcentrations
Measures of substance density
gatherings · clusters · aggregations · clumps · groupings
scatteringscrowds
Assembled multitudes
masses · throngs · multitudes · hordes · swarms
scatteringsarrangements
Organized plans or configurations
orderings · formations · arrays · configurations · organizations
- scattering ashesDistributing cremated remains outdoors
- ash scatteringDistributing cremated remains outdoors
- Compton scatteringPhoton-electron inelastic collision
- Mie scatteringLight scattered by larger particles
- light scatteringDeflection by particles