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Recoil
is always a great word to know.
So is wavelength. Does it mean:
| the distance measured by the propagation of a wave between two successive points in the wave that are characterized by the same phase of oscillation |
| the elasticlike force existing in the surface of a liquid caused by asymmetries in the intermolecular forces between surface molecules |
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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 followed 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.
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World English Dictionary
| recoil | |
| —vb (foll by on | |
| 1. | to jerk back, as from an impact or violent thrust |
| 2. | ( |
| 3. | to go wrong, esp so as to hurt the perpetrator |
| 4. | (of a nucleus, atom, molecule, or elementary particle) to change momentum as a result of the emission of a photon or particle |
| —n | |
| 5. | a. the backward movement of a gun when fired |
| b. the distance moved | |
| 6. | the motion acquired by a particle as a result of its emission of a photon or other particle |
| 7. | the act of recoiling |
| [C13: from Old French reculer, from | |
| re'coiler | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
recoil
early 13c., "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 1510s, and that of "spring back" (as a gun) in 1520s. The noun is attested from early 14c.
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