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(not comparable) In a reciprocal manner; in return.
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(physics, quantum mechanics) The effect of a detector on the measurement being recorded.
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(linguistics) A gesture or short prompt by which a listener invites a speaker to continue.
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Synonym of reverse engineering
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Alternative spelling of back-formation. [(uncountable, linguistics) The process by which a new word is formed from an older word by interpreting the former as a derivative of the latter, often by removing a morpheme (real or perceived) from the older word, such as the verb burgle, formed by removing -ar (perceived as an agent-noun suffix) from burglar.]
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(combinatorics) A method of solving recurrence relations.
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To carry out back-annotation.
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The process of updating the logical design of a circuit with physically measured values, to allow for more accurate simulation.
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Alternative form of back announcement [Synonym of back announce; outro.]
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Alternative form of back engineering [Synonym of reverse engineering]
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A back-formation; a word formed by removing a perceived morpheme from an older word.
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(countable) A word created in this way.
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Alternative spelling of back to basics [(politics, chiefly Britain) A conscious return to principles such as self-respect, decency and honesty; especially the discredited policy of the Conservative government in the 1990s.]
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Any action in an opposite direction
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Alternative form of back-annotation [The process of updating the logical design of a circuit with physically measured values, to allow for more accurate simulation.]
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(computing, artificial intelligence) To perform inferences, starting with a list of goals (or a hypothesis) and working backwards from the consequent to the antecedent.
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(linguistics) To employ non-verbal (oral and visual) means to influence a speaker without interruption.
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Alternative form of back-form [To form a word by a back-formation process.]
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Alternative spelling of back-formation. [(uncountable, linguistics) The process by which a new word is formed from an older word by interpreting the former as a derivative of the latter, often by removing a morpheme (real or perceived) from the older word, such as the verb burgle, formed by removing -ar (perceived as an agent-noun suffix) from burglar.]
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(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
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(linguistics) A form of slang composed of words whose spelling or sound is reversed.
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The process or result of backsolving.
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(computing) To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.
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Alternative form of back-spelling [A specific spelling of a word representing a phonetic feature never present in it, but was present in other words in the same phonetic environment (and was later lost), or the practice of making such spellings.]
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(control theory) A technique for designing stabilizing controls for a special recursive class of nonlinear dynamical systems.
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(computer science) The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.
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A section of commentary at the end of a book.
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(intransitive) To publicize something by publishing and distributing circulars.
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To take part in, or to cause a crossreaction.
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(grammar) Abbreviation of intransitive. [(grammar, of a verb) Not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object.]
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(travel) Synonym of starting point
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The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
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(computing) A bit shift.
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(transitive, by extension) To force termination of an ongoing process before its natural conclusion, by bypassing one or more intermediary steps.
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(ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.
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(plays, films etc.) A change from one time period to another.
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