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re-coil
[ree-koil] 
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
| to coil again. |
re⋅coil
[v. ri-koil; n. ree-koil, ri-koil] –verb (used without object)
| 1. | to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust. |
| 2. | to spring or fly back, as in consequence of force of impact or the force of the discharge, as a firearm. |
| 3. | to spring or come back; react (usually fol. by on or upon): Plots frequently recoil upon the plotters. |
| 4. | Physics. (of an atom, a nucleus, or a particle) to undergo a change in momentum as a result either of a collision with an atom, a nucleus, or a particle or of the emission of a particle. |
–noun
| 5. | an act of recoiling. |
| 6. | the distance through which a weapon moves backward after discharging. |
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| re·coil (rĭ-koil') intr.v. re·coiled, re·coil·ing, re·coils
[Middle English recoilen, from Old French reculer : re-, re- + cul, buttocks (from Latin cūlus; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots).] re·coil'er n. |
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Recoil
Re*coil"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Recoiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Recoiling.] [OE. recoilen, F. reculer, fr. L. pref. re- re- + culus the fundament. The English word was perhaps influenced in form by accoil.]1. To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return. Evil on itself shall back recoil. --Milton. The solemnity of her demeanor made it impossible . . . that we should recoil into our ordinary spirits. --De Quincey. 2. To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink. --Shak. 3. To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire. [Obs.] "To your bowers recoil." --Spenser.Recoil
Re*coil"\, v. t. To draw or go back. [Obs.] --Spenser.Recoil
Re*coil"\, n. 1. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood. 2. The state or condition of having recoiled. The recoil from formalism is skepticism. --F. W. Robertson. 3. Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged. Recoil dynamometer (Gunnery), an instrument for measuring the force of the recoil of a firearm. Recoil escapement See the Note under Escapement.
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Language Translation for : recoil
Spanish:
recular,
German:
zurückprallen,
Japanese:
後戻りする
recoil (v.)
c.1225, "force back," from O.Fr. reculer "to go back, recede, retreat," from V.L. *reculare, from L. re- "back" + culus "backside." Meaning "shrink back" is first recorded 1513, and that of "spring back" (as a gun) in 1530. The noun is attested from c.1330.
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