scattering Definition
scat·ter·ing (skat′ər iŋ)
adjective
- separating and going in various directions
- distributed over a wide area, esp. at irregular intervals
- distributed in small numbers among several or many candidates: said of votes
noun
- the act or process of one that scatters
- a small amount of something spread out or interspersed in a medium
- Physics the process by which the direction of motion of radiation or particles is changed randomly when passing through a medium, caused by collisions of the constituents of the radiation with particles in the medium
scattering Related Forms
scat′·ter·ingly adverb
scattering Synonyms
scattering Telecom Definition
The deflection of a beam of radiant energy as it encounters physical matter in a medium. See also Rayleigh scattering.
scattering Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- warbler: A scattering of common warblers and a few Arctic Terns were also seen.
- ash: No such license is needed for the scattering of cremation ashes.
- electron: The scattering of electrons gives us electrical resistance but it also results in a force exerted on the metal ion core.
- migrant: If the weather is favorable we'll see a scattering of western migrants.
Adjective modifier
- inelastic: However, in a thick enough specimen, inelastic scattering will also take place.
- diffuse: Thus the observed diffuse scattering can be assumed to be almost entirely from phonon scattering.
- deep-inelastic: In these events, a single high-energy quark is ejected from the target proton, indicative of deep-inelastic scattering.
- anomalous: An introduction to X-ray anomalous scattering by Ethan Merritt.
- diffractive: Properties of hadronic final states in diffractive deep inelastic ep scattering at HERA.
- elastic: Conventional high energy electron diffraction relies on elastic scattering.
Modifies a noun
- cross-section: The scattering cross-section for a black hole can be calculated in an analogous manner to the Mott formula in QED.
- coefficient: Ceramic tiles designed by the calculations of scattering coefficients have been installed for the sidewalls of a 400-seat concert hall.
- angle: Also, for a given target mass, the ion energy decreases with increasing scattering angle.
- matrix: The scattering between the shells is computed by matrix operations on the shell scattering matrices.
Noun used with modifier
- neutron: Further examples for the use of X-ray or neutron scattering can be found in our list of publications.
- phonon: Thus the observed diffuse scattering can be assumed to be almost entirely from phonon scattering.
- small-angle: The structure of the dispersion was examined by small-angle synchrotron X-ray scattering on beamline 8.2.
- X-ray: X-ray scattering techniques will let you look at how this network forms.
- wide-angle: Two lamellar crystal phases were characterized on the basis of their particular wide-angle X-ray scattering patterns.
- helium: In many areas, conventional helium scattering has been limited by the energy resolution with which such measurements can be made.
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