Home › Words › S › scatterationscatterationscatteration means A scattered arrangement.EtymologyFrom scatter + -ation.nounA scattered arrangement.e.g.“Maybe there are still readers who can be stirred by such stale fancies as that seedlike scatteration of stars — does anybody except a writer in search of a metaphor really see stars that way?” — 2009 August 16, David Gates, “Sensimilia and Sensibility”, in New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.scattering 75% match — A small quantity of something being dispersed (at random points). vs scatteration →scattery 73% match — Tending to scatter or be scattered; loose, ragtag. vs scatteration →scatteringly 72% match — in a scattering manner, suggesting scattering. vs scatteration →disgregation 65% match — Separation; scattering. vs scatteration →dispersedly 65% match — In a dispersed manner; in a scattered way, here and there. vs scatteration →strewing 65% match — The act of scattering or spreading. vs scatteration →disperse 64% match — To scatter in different directions. vs scatteration →strewment 64% match — Anything scattered; a scattering vs scatteration →