reverse-engineer
to study or analyze (a device, as a microchip for computers) in order to learn details of design, construction, and operation, perhaps to produce a copy or an improved version.
Origin of reverse-engineer
1Other words from reverse-engineer
- reverse engineering, noun
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How to use reverse-engineer in a sentence
If we reverse-engineer the progress of the Boeing 777 from this single moment of clarity, where does it begin to get complicated?
But chefs say their motives are mainly educational: They use them to reverse-engineer their own versions.
Anyone can reverse-engineer a terrific dish , and recreate it elsewhere—whether they attribute it to the original chef or not.
In ‘The Knockoff Economy,’ The Upside to Ripping Off Others’ Ideas | Kal Raustiala, Christopher Sprigman | September 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThis requires that they effectively reverse-engineer the well-documented al-Qaeda plot to bring down the Twin Towers.
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