backscatter
3
9.3
- noun
- /ˈbækˌskætər/
- Texting
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mensaje de rebote
- Figures 3a and 3b show the same carbon aggregate imaged with secondary electrons and backscatter electrons to visualize the surface morphology and the immunolabeling, respectively.
Examples
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First, a significant relationship between PRI and s was found only for backscatter observations, suggesting that directional reflectance and shading effects overlapped and confounded the observed PRI signal.
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Spammers often use forged addresses, which can lead to bounce messages called backscatter being sent to the original sender.
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The reflected, or backscatter, signal must return to the receiver by a direct path.
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Those differences alter reflectivity and thus distinguish the two ice types in radar-backscatter measurements.
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Assume clouds with the smallest droplets backscatter most light when high cloud albedo is a large droplet phenomenon.
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TSA deploys two types of AIT: millimeter wave and general-use backscatter x-ray.
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Samples were prepared for light microscopy and for evaluation on an SEM equipped with an electron backscatter pattern (EBSP) system by using conventional metallographic procedures.
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When email servers reject messages from spammers, they sometimes generate backscatter that clutters legitimate inboxes.
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Many email security systems are designed to detect and manage backscatter to protect users from unwanted spam.
Synonyms
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3.7
An automatic message that tells the sender their email was not delivered
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Backscatter combines back ('back') and scatter ('to spread or throw about'). In email, it means unwanted bounced messages that 'scatter back' to many addresses because spammers used fake senders, so they fill innocent inboxes.