backscatter
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from backscattering.
Noun
[edit]backscatter (countable and uncountable, plural backscatters)
- (physics) The deflection of particles or radiation through angles greater than 90 degrees to the original direction of travel.
- The particles or radiation deflected in this manner.
- (military) 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.
- (computing) The sending of IP packets to essentially random addresses in response to incoming packets that have a spoofed origin.
- Synonyms: blowback, outscatter
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]deflection
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scattered particles or radiation
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military: portion of energy that is scattered back
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Verb
[edit]backscatter (third-person singular simple present backscatters, present participle backscattering, simple past and past participle backscattered)
- (transitive, intransitive) To scatter particles or radiation back to the direction from which they originate.
Translations
[edit]to scatter back
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