散

sudden dissolution of a legislature

Computing

decentralized control

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

meeting and parting; gathering and scattering; alignment and realignment; alternating alliance and rupture; alternating cooperation and defection

Mathematics

discrete set

Finance

time variance

scattered pattern; irregular pattern

Computing

distributed processing system

Botany

transpiration

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; NPT

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

here and there; scattered about

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

to be scattered around

umbellate inflorescence; umbel (i.e. flower with a large number of flowers growing radially from a common center)

prostitute from the Yoshiwara district of a fairly high rank (Edo period)

Computing

diffuse reflection

early dissolution (parliament, diet, etc.)

Mathematics

analysis of variance; ANOVA

scribblings; scrawlings

kamishōyōsan; traditional Chinese medicine prescribed for gynecological and blood circulation disorders

Physics

infrared divergence

arms proliferation

to dig up messily

dispersion compensation calculation sheet

diffusion pump

the wish to have one's ashes scattered

(many things) gathering like clouds and vanishing like mist; swarming and scattering

scatter reflections