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Ausbreitung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • scattering noun A small, irregularly spread amount of something.
  • sprawl verb To sit or lie with the arms and legs spread out carelessly.

Senses

Ausbreitung is used for these senses in English:

  • scattering (physics) The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.
  • sprawl A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city.

scattering — full definition

  1. noun A small, irregularly spread amount of something.
  2. noun The physical process by which waves or particles are deflected after collisions.

sprawl — full definition

  1. verb To sit or lie with the arms and legs spread out carelessly.
  2. noun Unplanned, spread-out growth of buildings, especially on the outskirts of a city.

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