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61back and forth — idi a) backward and forward; to and fro b) from side to side c) from one to the other …
62back and forth — adverb Date: 1613 backward and forward; also between two places or persons …
63Backward compatibility — In the context of telecommunications and computing, a device or technology is said to be backward or downward compatible if it can work with input generated by an older device.[1] If products designed for the new standard can receive, read, view… …
64Backward wave oscillator — A backward wave oscillator (BWO), also called carcinotron (a trade name for tubes manufactured by CSF, now Thales) or backward wave tube, is a vacuum tube that is used to generate microwaves up to the terahertz range. It belongs to the traveling… …
65backward — [[t]bæ̱kwə(r)d[/t]] (In American English, backward is usually used as an adverb instead of backwards. Backward is also sometimes used in this way in formal British English. See backwards for these uses.) 1) ADJ: ADJ n A backward movement or look… …
66backward — 1. adjective 1) a backward look Syn: rearward, to/toward the rear, to/toward the back, behind one, reverse Ant: forward 2) the decision was a backward step Syn: retrograde, retrogressive …
67Backward diode — In semiconductor devices, a backward diode is a variation on a zener diode or tunnel diode having a better conduction for small reverse biases (for example –0.1 to –0.6 V) than for forward bias voltages.The reverse current in such a diode is by… …
68Backward Integration — A form of vertical integration that involves the purchase of suppliers. Companies will pursue backward integration when it will result in improved efficiency and cost savings. For example, backward integration might cut transportation costs,… …
69backward — adjective 1 (only before noun) made in a direction towards what is behind you: She went without a backward glance. 2 developing slowly and less successfully than most others: some of the more backward countries | a backward child compare forward… …
70Backward channel — In a data circuit a backward channel is the channel that passes data in a direction opposite to that of its associated forward channel. The backward channel is usually used for transmission of request, supervisory, acknowledgment, or error… …
