EGAVE

backscatter

About 0.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The deflection of particles or radiation through angles greater than 90 degrees to the original direction of travel.
  2. noun The particles or radiation deflected in this manner.
  3. noun A 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. noun The sending of IP packets to essentially random addresses in response to incoming packets that have a spoofed origin.
  5. verb To scatter particles or radiation back to the direction from which they originate.

Similar words

outscatter scattering scattering function upscattering umklapp scattering superscatterer superscattering bragg scattering beam diffusion

Often followed by

from coefficient and is of cross coefficients in measurements

Word family

backscattered backscattering backscatterings backscatters

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