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backlash

/ˈbæk.læʃ/

Translations

backlashnoun

backlashes

/ˈbæk.læʃ/

отдача

The engineer had to adjust the machine to reduce the backlash.

Инженеру пришлось отрегулировать машину, чтобы уменьшить отдачу.

обратная реакция

The new policy caused a significant backlash from the public.

Новая политика вызвала значительную обратную реакцию со стороны общественности.

Additional translations

ответная реакция

негативная реакция

Synonyms

backlashverb

backlashed

Past Simple

backlashed

Past Participle

backlashing

Gerund

/ˈbæk.læʃ/

реагировать

The public tends to backlash when controversial decisions are made.

Общественность склонна реагировать, когда принимаются спорные решения.

Additional translations

противодействовать

backlashadjective

more backlash

Comp.

most backlash

Super.

/ˈbæk.læʃ/

Used attributively before another noun to denote relation to backlash (social or mechanical).

Definitions

backlashnoun

A strong and adverse reaction by a large number of people, especially to a social or political development.

The new policy caused a significant backlash from the public.

The recoil or backward movement of a mechanism, often due to a sudden release of energy.

The engineer adjusted the gears to minimize the backlash in the machinery.

The clearance or play between mating mechanical parts, especially the amount of lost motion between a pair of gears.

Precision instruments require minimal gear backlash to ensure accurate movement.

backlashverb

To react strongly and adversely, usually as a large group and typically followed by the preposition "against".

Voters backlashed against the proposed tax increase.

To recoil or move suddenly backward, especially as a result of a sudden release of mechanical energy.

The piston backlashed, causing damage to the cylinder walls.

backlashadjective

Relating to or intended to prevent, measure, or deal with backlash.

The device includes a backlash compensation mechanism.