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scatteration

American  
[skat-uh-ray-shuhn] / ˌskæt əˈreɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the act of scattering.

  2. the state of being scattered.

  3. something scattered.


Etymology

Origin of scatteration

First recorded in 1770–80; scatter + -ation


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Above all, Rockefeller's Oregon win increased what has been called the "scatteration" of strength in the Republican presidential picture.

From Time Magazine Archive

As SEC announced it would do last July, it set about breaking up this "scatteration" of utility holdings in the first exercise of its most bitterly attacked utility duty.

From Time Magazine Archive

A Humphrey regime would probably be frenetic in its scatteration of ideas—and of money, too, if Humphrey's admitted "looking at the stars" is to be reduced to practical programs.

From Time Magazine Archive

If such concentration of energy is necessary for the success of a Gladstone, what can we common mortals hope to accomplish by "scatteration"?

From Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

San Francisco streets ran to chuck holes and ruts in those days, and the vehicle lurched and banged with a grand rattle and scatteration of tins and measures.

From The Gray Dawn by Stewart Edward White

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