sprinkling

1 a small number dispersed haphazardly; "the first scatterings of green" [syn: scattering]

2 a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby [syn: scattering, sprinkle]

3 the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) [syn: aspersion]

4 the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt" [syn: sprinkle, sparge]

English

Verb

sprinkling

1. present participle of sprinkle

Noun

1. The action of the verb to sprinkle.
2. A small amount of (some liquid, powder or other fine substance) that is sprinkled on to something.
3. A light shower of rain.

Sprinkling can refer to:

• Sprinkling, a method of baptism, particularly used for infant baptism.

• Sprinkling, a type of character in the video game Viva Piñata.

• Sprinkling is a method of creating a causal set from a Lorentzian manifold.

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