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backscatters

backscatters is the plural of backscatter.

backscatters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backscatter.

Meaning of backscatter

Noun

backscatter (countable and uncountable, plural backscatters)

  1. The deflection of particles or radiation through angles greater than 90 degrees to the original direction of travel.
  2. The particles 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.
    Synonyms:
    blowback, outscatter

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Questions about backscatters

What is backscatters the plural of?
Backscatters is the plural of backscatter.

Words near backscatters in the dictionary

  1. backscattered
  2. backscatterer
  3. backscatterers
  4. backscattering
  5. backscatterings
  6. backscatters
  7. backscattersonde
  8. backscattersondes
  9. backscene
  10. backscenes
  11. backscratch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backscatters (page history and authors); backscatter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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