| scattered | 1. Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread. 2. <botany> Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves. Scat"teredly, Scat"teredness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| scattered radiation | Secondary radiation emitted from the interaction of X-rays with matter; generally lower in energy, with a directional distribution which depends on the energy of the incident radiation. Synonym: secondary radiation. (05 Mar 2000) |