backreaction

English

Alternative forms

  • back reaction
  • back-reaction

Etymology

From back +‎ reaction.

Noun

backreaction (plural backreactions)

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