scatter

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Then, draw a scatter plot of the ratings against time.

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Quick take

a haphazard distribution in all directions

Meaning at a glance

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noun

a haphazard distribution in all directions

noun

the act of scattering

verb

to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for scatter.

noun

a haphazard distribution in all directions

noun

the act of scattering

verb

to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

verb

move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

verb

distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"

verb

sow by scattering; "scatter seeds"

verb

cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"

verb

strew or distribute over an area; "He spread fertilizer over the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table"

Example sentences

Then, draw a scatter plot of the ratings against time.

The only reason they weren't caught was because of the lack of back scatter vans, right?

Ground bursts also produce more fallout, since they dig up and irradiate earth and scatter it to the winds.

-Muse is an experiment which will scatter a combined electron and muon beam from protons.

I also use quick scatter scatter plots to check I can seperate the training sets into classes easy.

We have techniques to scatter customers across IPs and watch attacks follow, but we generally only do that if the attack is causing a problem.

Not much different from 20 years ago, it's just they have access to bigger databases and no incentive not to email scatter-gun fashion since there is no cost involved.

However, there are a lot of experiments in the pipeline which might clarify the situation: - There are several experiments to measure the proton radius using eletron scattering, with specialized instruments and new methods.