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Radiation vs Backscattering - What's the difference?

radiation | backscattering |

As nouns the difference between radiation and backscattering

is that radiation is the shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat while backscattering is the scattering of radiation back to the direction from which it came.

As a verb backscattering is

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radiation

English

(wikipedia radiation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat.
  • The process of radiating waves or particles.
  • The transfer of energy via radiation (as opposed to convection or conduction).
  • Radioactive energy.

    • Derived terms

    * background radiation * electromagnetic radiation * ionizing radiation * radiation belt * Van Allen radiation belt

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    backscattering

    English

    (wikipedia backscattering)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The scattering of radiation back to the direction from which it came.

    • Verb

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