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backlash | x |

As a noun backlash

is a sudden backward motion.

As a verb backlash

is to cause or set off a backlash.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

backlash

English

Noun

(es)
  • A sudden backward motion.
  • A reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
    • The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent.
  • (mechanics) 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.
  • The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.

    • Verb

  • To cause or set off a backlash.
    • (en)

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----