BACKSCATTER


Meaning of BACKSCATTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌska-tər ]

noun

also back·scat·ter·ing -tə-riŋ

Date: 1940

: the scattering of radiation or particles in a direction opposite to that of the incident radiation due to reflection from particles of the medium traversed ; also : the radiation or particles so reversed in direction

• backscatter verb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.