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upscatter

upscatter noun: an upward scatter.

Noun

upscatter (uncountable)

  1. An upward scatter.

Verb

upscatter (third-person singular simple present upscatters, present participle upscattering, simple past and past participle upscattered)

  1. To scatter upward, typically in the context of a particle gaining energy via a collision with a higher-energy particle.

Forms of upscatter

third-person singular presentupscatters
present participleupscattering
past participleupscattered
pastupscattered

Origin of upscatter

From up + scatter.

Questions about upscatter

What does upscatter mean?
Upscatter means an upward scatter.
What part of speech is upscatter?
Upscatter can be a noun or a verb.

Words near upscatter in the dictionary

  1. upscales
  2. upscaling
  3. upscalings
  4. upscan
  5. upscans
  6. upscatter
  7. upscattered
  8. upscattering
  9. upscatterings
  10. upscatters
  11. upscore

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