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Meaning of overscattering | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Excessive scattering; scattering too far or too much.
    uncountable
  2. The breaking apart and spreading of biological entities during the preparation of sample slides for the microscope.
    uncountable

Examples

“It is indeed a difficult mean to hit between overcrowding and overscattering.”
“[…] a pointless anxiety about "overscattering" takes hold, propelling the story to its somewhat ironic finale in which they are desperately scattered upon the face of the earth.”
“Pre-fixation of embryos in the first fixative solution could decrease the dissociation or overscattering of blastomeres.”
“This technique was modified to avoid artifactual loss of chromosomes by overscattering, and the ooplasmic matrix was retained […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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