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backward
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adverb
(= back, rearward, rearwards)
at or to or toward the back or rear
he moved back
tripped when he stepped backward
she looked rearward out the window of the car
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adverb
in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
it's easy to get the 'i' and the 'e' backward in words like 'seize' and 'siege'
the child put her jersey on backward
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adjective
directed or facing toward the back or rear
a backward view
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adjective
(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
a backward lover
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adjective
having made less than normal progress
an economically backward country
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adjective
retarded in intellectual development
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adverb
(= back)
in or to or toward a past time
set the clocks back an hour
never look back
lovers of the past looking fondly backward
scattering
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noun
a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
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noun
(= sprinkling)
a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
the first scatterings of green
a sprinkling of grey at his temples
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noun
the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions
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noun
(= dispersion)
spreading widely or driving off
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noun
(= scatter)
the act of scattering
coefficient
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noun
a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic