backreaction

noun

Etymology

From back + reaction.

  1. derived from reaction
  2. inherited from reaccion
  3. compounded as backreaction — “back + reaction

Definitions

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

The neighborhood

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