scattering
Spread is:
- in physics, the deflection of objects through interaction with other objects, see scattering (physics)
- the deviation of measured values from a mean value, see error calculation #Normal distribution
- in statistics, the variability, i.e. the difference in the observed values of a metrically scaled characteristic or in the values of a random variable, see scatter (statistics)
- in medicine the spread of cancer or infections to other organs, see metastasis
- the spreading of salt or sand on roads in winter, see road spreading
- the amount of freely tradable shares, see free float
- the deviation of projectiles from the target, see dispersion (ballistics)
- in marketing the distribution of advertising material, see distribution (marketing)
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Wiktionary: Scatter - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations