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- verb Past participle of
backscatter
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Examples
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Glory: Also known as an anthelion (opposite the sun), A glory is produced by light backscattered (a combination of diffraction, reflection and refraction) towards its source by a cloud of uniformly-sized water droplets.
Celestial Phenomena 2008
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It is also interesting that when the red layer of the chips was analyzed by backscattered electron imaging, that the signals for iron and oxygen did not overlap well.
Was it Nanotech-Thermite or Phasers that took down the WTC? 2009
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An increase in surface albedo leads to an increase in downwelling UV radiation, as part of the radiation that is reflected upward is backscattered by air molecules or clouds.
Factors affecting surface ultraviolet radiation levels in the Arctic 2009
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(B) Bubble, now exposed, as imaged by backscattered-electron imaging.
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Advanced backscattered electron, as well as secondary electron and ion detectors, collect a wide variety of topographic, elemental and compositional information "from every angle."
unknown title 2011
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"Since light reflected from sub-epithelial tissue will become 'depolarized,' while light that is backscattered from epithelial cells will preserve its polarization, the technique of polarization subtraction? or polarized light scattering spectroscopy? retains and conveys only the diagnostically important information."
Science Blog BJS 2010
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"Since light reflected from sub-epithelial tissue will become 'depolarized,' while light that is backscattered from epithelial cells will preserve its polarization, the technique of polarization subtraction - or polarized light scattering spectroscopy - retains and conveys only the diagnostically important information."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Along its path, the laser light is backscattered by aerosols in the air and received by an optical sensor in the lidar unit.
Gadget Freak Files 2010
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"Since light reflected from sub-epithelial tissue will become 'depolarized,' while light that is backscattered from epithelial cells will preserve its polarization, the technique of polarization subtraction - or polarized light scattering spectroscopy - retains and conveys only the diagnostically important information."
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"Since light reflected from sub-epithelial tissue will become 'depolarized,' while light that is backscattered from epithelial cells will preserve its polarization, the technique of polarization subtraction - or polarized light scattering spectroscopy - retains and conveys only the diagnostically important information."
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