Definitions from Wiktionary (backscatter)

▸ noun:  (physics) The deflection of particles or radiation through angles greater than 90 degrees to the original direction of travel.
▸ noun:  The particles or radiation deflected in this manner.
▸ noun:  (military) 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.
▸ noun:  (computing) The sending of IP packets to essentially random addresses in response to incoming packets that have a spoofed origin.
▸ verb:  (ambitransitive) To scatter particles or radiation back to the direction from which they originate.






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