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Scattered vs Upscattering - What's the difference?

scattered | upscattering |

As a verb scattered

is (scatter).

As an adjective scattered

is randomly distributed.

As a noun upscattering is

(physics) the increase in wavelength of radiation scattered by an electron.

scattered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (scatter)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Randomly distributed.
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  • (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.

    • Derived terms

    * nonscattered * scatteredly * scatteredness * unscattered

    Anagrams

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    upscattering

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) The increase in wavelength of radiation scattered by an electron

    • Synonyms

    *Compton scattering