Adjective
scattered (comparative more scattered, superlative most scattered)
- Dispersed, spread apart into disunited units.
c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:And when their ſcattered armie is ſubdu’d:
And you march on their ſlaughtered carkaſſes,
Share equally the gold that bought their liues,
And liue like Gentlmen in Perſea, […]
- Seemingly randomly distributed.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
- (meteorology, of clouds) Covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
- (meteorology, of precipitation) Affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.
Scattered showers.
Translations
Randomly distributed
- Bulgarian: разпръснат (bg) (razprǎsnat)
- Czech: roztroušený m
- Finnish: hajanainen (fi)
- French: disséminé (fr), éparpillé (fr), épars (fr)
- Irish: scaoilteach
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: بِڵاو (billaw), پەرت (pert)
- Northern Kurdish: belav (ku)
- Latin: dispersus
- Maori: pūrei, pūreirei, mārārara, rauroha, kahora, tīraurau
- Ottoman Turkish: منتشر (münteşir)
- Portuguese: espalhado (pt) m, disperso (pt) m
- Romanian: împrăștiat (ro), risipit (ro), răzleț (ro), dispersat (ro)
- Russian: разбро́санный (ru) (razbrósannyj), раски́данный (ru) (raskídannyj)
- Spanish: desperdigado (es), disperso (es), esparsido m
- Ukrainian: розсі́яний (rozsíjanyj), розки́даний (rozkýdanyj)
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meteorology: covering three eighths to four eighths of sky
meteorology: affecting 30% to 50% of area