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back•scat•ter



Pronunciation: (bak'skat"ur), [key]
—n. Physics.
the deflection of nuclear particles or of radiation in a scattering process through an angle greater than 90°. Also,back'scat"ter•ing.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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