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overscattering

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

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

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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