Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

backreaction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: back-re-ac-tion
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The reaction, as a result of Newton's third law, back from a radiating gravitational wave.

Etymology

From back + reaction.

Inflected Forms

backreactions (plural) back reaction (alternative) back-reaction (alternative)

Questions

What does backreaction mean?: The reaction, as a result of Newton's third law, back from a radiating gravitational wave.
Where does backreaction come from?: From back + reaction.

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