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Rarebackscatters
The correct spelling is backscatters.
How to pronounce backscatters
noun
Say it like: Bak-sca-tte-rs
The correct spelling is backscatters. The deflection of particles and/or radiation through angles greater than 90 degrees to the original direction of travel.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.The deflection of particles and/or radiation through angles greater than 90 degrees to the original direction of travel.
- 2.The particles and/or radiation deflected in this manner.
- 3.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.The sending of IP packets to essentially random addresses in response to incoming packets that have a spoofed origin.
verb
- 1.To scatter particles and/or radiation back to the direction from which they come.
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