scatteration
noun
scat·ter·a·tion ˌska-tə-ˈrā-shən 
1
: the act or process of scattering : the state of being scattered
2
: the movement of people and industry away from the city
also : the resulting regional urbanization
3
: a policy of distributing funds and energies in too many ineffectively small units
Word History
First Known Use
1776, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- spotted bass
- spotted bat
- spotted black bass
- spotted blenny
- spotted blister beetle
- spotted bowerbird
- spotted bur clover
- spotted cat
- spotted catfish
- spotted cavy
- spotted clover
- spotted crake
- spotted cranesbill
- spotted cucumber beetle
- spotted cuscus
- spotted cutworm
- spotted dead nettle
- spotted deer
- spotted dick
- spotted dogfish
- spotted eagle
- spotted eagle ray
- spotted fever
- spotted fever tick
- spotted flycatcher