backscatter
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backscatter
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Back-formation from backscattering.
noun backscatters · back scatter · back-scatter
- 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.
- 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.
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The sending of IP packets to essentially random addresses in response to incoming packets that have a spoofed origin.
Similar: blowback, outscatter
verb backscatters · backscattering · backscattered · back scatter · back-scatter
- To scatter particles or radiation back to the direction from which they originate.
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noun deflection
| Русский | обратное рассе́яние obratnoje rasséjanije, рассе́яние наза́д rasséjanije nazád |
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noun military: portion of energy that is scattered back
| Русский | обратное рассе́яние obratnoje rasséjanije |
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@misc{backscatter_2026,
title = {backscatter},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/backscatter},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
