| slovo | definícia |
backlash
(encz) | backlash,odpor n: Zdeněk Brož |
backlash
(encz) | backlash,vůle ozubení n: [tech.] ACIDtick |
backlash
(encz) | backlash,vůle závitu n: [tech.] ACIDtick |
Backlash
(gcide) | Backlash \Back"lash`\ (b[a^]k"l[a^]sh`), n. [Back, adv. + lash.]
1. (Mech.) The distance through which one part of connected
machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved
without moving the connected parts, resulting from
looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or
reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by
irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.
[1913 Webster]
2. A strong and sudden reverse movement in a moving part of a
machine.
[PJC]
3. A strong popular reaction serving to counter the effect of
an action; -- used especially of adverse reactions to
social or political developments.
[PJC] |
backlash
(wn) | backlash
n 1: a movement back from an impact [syn: recoil,
repercussion, rebound, backlash]
2: an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence;
"there was a backlash of intolerance"
v 1: come back to the originator of an action with an undesired
effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of
trouble" [syn: backfire, backlash, recoil] |
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white backlash
(encz) | white backlash, n: |
Backlash
(gcide) | Backlash \Back"lash`\ (b[a^]k"l[a^]sh`), n. [Back, adv. + lash.]
1. (Mech.) The distance through which one part of connected
machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved
without moving the connected parts, resulting from
looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or
reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by
irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.
[1913 Webster]
2. A strong and sudden reverse movement in a moving part of a
machine.
[PJC]
3. A strong popular reaction serving to counter the effect of
an action; -- used especially of adverse reactions to
social or political developments.
[PJC] |
white backlash
(wn) | white backlash
n 1: backlash by white racists against black civil rights
advances [syn: whitelash, white backlash] |
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