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• backward — back|ward1 [ bækwərd ] adjective * 1. ) only before noun moving or looking in the direction that is behind you: a backward glance 2. ) not developing quickly, normally, and successfully: a remote and backward region a ) OLD FASHIONED an offensive …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• backward — backward, retrograde, retrogressive, regressive all involve the idea of not moving or going ahead, or forward, or in advance. Only when applied to motion or a movement does backward imply the reverse of forward motion {a backward thrust of a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• backward — backward, backwards 1. For the adverb, both forms are in use, although backward is somewhat more common in AmE and backwards in BrE: • Talk ran backward from the events of the morning A. Munro, CanE 1987 • I walked backward to look at her in the… …   Modern English usage

• Moving the Mountain (novel) — Moving the Mountain   Author(s) Charlotte Perkins Gilman …   Wikipedia

• backward — adjective 1 (only before noun) made in a direction towards what is behind you: She went without a backward glance. 2 developing slowly and less successfully than most others: some of the more backward countries | a backward child compare forward… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Moving-knife procedure — In the mathematics of social science, and especially game theory, a moving knife procedure is a type of solution to the fair division problem. The canonical example is the division of a cake using a knife.[1] The simplest example is a moving… …   Wikipedia

• Moving floor — Volvo FH12 with moving floor trailer Moving floor is a hydraulically driven moving floor conveyance system for moving material or palletized product, which can be used in a warehouse, loading dock or semi trailer. It automates and facilitates… …   Wikipedia

• backward — I UK [ˈbækwə(r)d] / US [ˈbækwərd] adjective * 1) [only before noun] moving or looking in the direction that is behind you a backward glance 2) a) not developing quickly, normally, and successfully a remote and backward region b) old fashioned… …   English dictionary

• backward — [ˈbækwəd] adj 1) moving or looking in the direction that is behind you a backward glance[/ex] 2) not developing quickly, normally, or successfully a remote and backward region[/ex] 3) old fashioned unable to make normal progress in learning. It… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• backward spring — grąžinimo spyruoklė statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. back moving spring; backward spring vok. Rückstellfeder, f rus. возвращающая пружина, f pranc. ressort de rappel, m …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

• backward and forward — adverb moving from one place to another and back again (Freq. 1) he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York the treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner the old man just sat on the porch and rocked back and forth all… …   Useful english dictionary