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"fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "military: portion of energy that is scattered back", "word": "takaisinsironta" }, { "_dis1": "6 6 79 9", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obratnoje rasséjanije", "sense": "military: portion of energy that is scattered back", "word": "обратное рассе́яние" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Computing", "orig": "en:Computing", "parents": [ "Technology", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "28 16 27 18 12", "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Astronomy", "orig": "en:Astronomy", "parents": [ "Sciences", "Space", "All topics", "Nature", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "The sending of IP packets to essentially random addresses in response to incoming packets that have a spoofed origin." ], "id": "en-backscatter-en-noun-kgbMfw3E", "links": [ [ "computing", "computing#Noun" ], [ "IP", "IP" ], [ "packet", "packet" ], [ "random", "random" ], [ "address", "address" ], [ "spoof", "spoof" ], [ "origin", "origin" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(computing) The sending of IP packets to essentially random addresses in response to incoming packets that have a spoofed origin." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "blowback" }, { "word": "outscatter" } ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ], "topics": [ "computing", "engineering", "mathematics", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "sciences" ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "back scatter" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "back-scatter" } ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "28 35 31 6", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "scattered particles or radiation", "word": "takaisinsironta" } ], "word": "backscatter" } { "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "backscattering" }, "expansion": "Back-formation from backscattering", "name": "back-form" } ], "etymology_text": "Back-formation from backscattering.", "forms": [ { "form": "backscatters", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "backscattering", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "backscattered", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "backscattered", "tags": [ "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "backscatter (third-person singular simple present backscatters, present participle backscattering, simple past and past participle backscattered)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "_dis": "28 16 27 18 12", "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Astronomy", "orig": "en:Astronomy", "parents": [ "Sciences", "Space", "All topics", "Nature", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "To scatter particles and/or radiation back to the direction from which they come." ], "id": "en-backscatter-en-verb-FaWZsKPY", "links": [ [ "scatter", "scatter" ] ], "translations": [ { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to scatter back", "word": "takaisinsirota" }, { "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to scatter back", "word": "serak balik" } ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "back scatter" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "back-scatter" } ], "word": "backscatter" }
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radiation such as a laser or radio waves that is scattered back in the direction of the source of radiation by an obscurant." ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ], "topics": [ "government", "military", "politics", "war" ] }, { "categories": [ "en:Computing" ], "glosses": [ "The sending of IP packets to essentially random addresses in response to incoming packets that have a spoofed origin." ], "links": [ [ "computing", "computing#Noun" ], [ "IP", "IP" ], [ "packet", "packet" ], [ "random", "random" ], [ "address", "address" ], [ "spoof", "spoof" ], [ "origin", "origin" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(computing) The sending of IP packets to essentially random addresses in response to incoming packets that have a spoofed origin." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "blowback" }, { "word": "outscatter" } ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ], "topics": [ "computing", "engineering", "mathematics", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "sciences" ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "back scatter" }, { "word": "back-scatter" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "deflection", "word": "takaisinsironta" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obratnoje rasséjanije", "sense": "deflection", "word": "обратное рассе́яние" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "rasséjanije nazád", "sense": "deflection", "word": "рассе́яние наза́д" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "scattered particles or radiation", "word": "takaisinsironta" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "military: portion of energy that is scattered back", "word": "takaisinsironta" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obratnoje rasséjanije", "sense": "military: portion of energy that is scattered back", "word": "обратное рассе́яние" } ], "word": "backscatter" } { "categories": [ "English back-formations", "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English entries with topic categories using raw markup", "English 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"synonyms": [ { "word": "back scatter" }, { "word": "back-scatter" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to scatter back", "word": "takaisinsirota" }, { "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to scatter back", "word": "serak balik" } ], "word": "backscatter" }
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