rendezvous vs scatter

rendezvous

noun
  • A meeting or date. 

  • A set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance. 

  • An agreement to meet at a certain place and time. 

  • A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet. 

  • The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment. 

verb
  • To meet at an agreed time and place. 

scatter

noun
  • The act of scattering or dispersing. 

  • A collection of dispersed objects. 

verb
  • To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse. 

  • Of a pitcher: to keep down the number of hits or walks. 

  • To deflect (radiation or particles). 

  • To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals. 

  • To distribute loosely as by sprinkling. 

  • To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow. 

  • To be dispersed upon. 

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