scattering

Noun

• the act of scattering

• spreading widely or driving off

• a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

• the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions

• a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
  • the first scatterings of green
    
  • a sprinkling of grey at his temples
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  scatter , strewing , dispersion , sprinkle , sprinkling