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back action

back action noun: the effect of a detector on the measurement being recorded.

Noun

back action (uncountable)

  1. (quantum mechanics) The effect of a detector on the measurement being recorded.

Questions about back action

What does back action mean?
Back action means the effect of a detector on the measurement being recorded.
What part of speech is back action?
Back action is a noun.

Words near back action in the dictionary

  1. Bacis
  2. bacitracin
  3. bacitracins
  4. Baciu
  5. back
  6. back action
  7. back actor
  8. back actors
  9. back against the wall
  10. back alley
  11. back alleys

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