Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scattered \Scat"tered\, a.
   1. Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread.

   2. (Bot.) Irregular in position; having no regular order; as,
      scattered leaves. -- {Scat"tered*ly}, adv. --
      {Scat"tered*ness}, n.