BACKSCATTERS
22
Scrabble
25
WWF
B(3) A(1) C(3) K(5) S(1) C(3) A(1) T(1) T(1) E(1) R(1) S(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
noun
- The deflection of particles and/or radiation through angles greater than 90 degrees to the original direction of travel.
- The particles and/or radiation deflected in this manner.
- 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.
- The sending of IP packets to essentially random addresses in response to incoming packets that have a spoofed origin.
verb
- To scatter particles and/or radiation back to the direction from which they come.
Source: Wiktionary
