scattering
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
This idea was seen as unrealistic because of expected losses, interference, and the scattering of light as it travels through the atmosphere.
From Science Daily
"A big problem is the scattering - everybody you ever knew now lives in a million different places," says Dr Meg Jay, a clinical psychologist and author of The Twenty-Something Treatment.
From BBC
To pin down these elusive signatures, the researchers relied on advanced polarized neutron scattering.
From Science Daily
By rotating the light source and recording how the scattering signal changes, researchers can reconstruct the direction of the fibers within each pixel of an image.
From Science Daily
This shift indicates scattering from smaller fragments and aligns with the slightly delayed drop in the Guinier amplitude, confirming that many molecules have already broken apart.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.