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Backscatter

noun
Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounThe deflection of particles and/or radiation through angles greater than 90 degrees to the original direction of travel.
2.nounThe particles and/or radiation deflected in this manner.
3.nounA portion of the energy of electromagnetic radiation such as a laser or radio waves that is scattered back in the direction of the source of radiation by an obscurant.
4.nounThe sending of IP packets to essentially random addresses in response to incoming packets that have a spoofed origin.
5.verbTo scatter particles and/or radiation back to the direction from which they come.

Synonyms

outscatterscatteringscattering functionupscatteringumklapp scatteringsuperscatterersuperscatteringbragg scatteringbeamdiffusionmie scatteringcompton scattering

Rhymes With

back scatter
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