backscatter radiation

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• Backscatter X-ray — Backscatter technology produces an image that resembles a chalk etching.[1] …   Wikipedia

• backscatter — also backscattering noun Date: 1940 the scattering of radiation or particles in a direction opposite to that of the incident radiation due to reflection from particles of the medium traversed; also the radiation or particles so reversed in… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• backscatter — Secondary radiation deflected more than 90° from the primary beam. See scattered radiation. * * * back·scat·ter (bakґskat ər) in radiology, radiation deflected by scattering processes at angles greater than 90 degrees to the original… …   Medical dictionary

• backscatter — 1. noun a) The deflection of particles and/or radiation by nuclear and/or electromagnetic forces through angles greater than 90 degrees to the original direction of travel. b) The particles and/or radiation deflected in this manner. 2. verb …   Wiktionary

• backscatter — n. deflection of nuclear particles or deviation of radiation in a scattering procedure through angles greater than ninety degrees; radiation or particles deflected in this manner v. scatter radiation by atoms of the medium through which it passes …   English contemporary dictionary

• backscatter — noun 1》 Physics deflection of radiation or particles through an angle of 180°. 2》 Photography light from a flashgun or other light source that is deflected directly into a lens. verb Physics deflect (radiation or particles) through an angle of… …   English new terms dictionary

• backscatter — back•scat•ter [[t]ˈbækˌskæt ər[/t]] n. 1) phs the deflection of radiation by scattering in a direction opposite to the direction of incidence 2) phs radiation scattered in this manner • Etymology: 1955–60 …   From formal English to slang

• backscatter — /bak skat euhr/, n. Physics. the deflection of nuclear particles or of radiation in a scattering process through an angle greater than 90°. Also, backscattering. [1955 60; BACK2 + SCATTER] * * * …   Universalium

• backscatter — verb scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes • Topics: ↑physics, ↑natural philosophy • Hypernyms: ↑break up, ↑disperse, ↑scatter • Verb Frames …   Useful english dictionary

• Measurement and Signature Intelligence — Measurement and Signature Intelligence, or MASINT, refers to intelligence gathering activities that bring together disparate elements that do not fit within the definitions of the major disciplines mentioned above. As a means of collecting… …   Wikipedia

• Measurement and signature intelligence — (MASINT) is a branch of intelligence gathering activities. MASINT, may have aspects of intelligence analysis management, since certain aspects of MASINT, such as the analysis of electromagnetic radiation received by signals intelligence are more… …   Wikipedia