recoil

Roget-categorie 277

2. Words relating to space
› 2.4. Motion
›› 2.4.3. Motion conjoined with force

#277. Recoil

zelfstandig naamwoord

recoil — reaction, retroaction — revulsion — bounce, rebound, ricochet — repercussion, recalcitration^† — kick, contrecoup [Fr.] — springing back etc. v. — elasticity etc. 325 — reflection, reflexion [Brit.], reflex, reflux — reverberation etc. (resonance) 408 — rebuff, repulse — return.
ducks and drakes — boomerang — spring, reactionist^†.
elastic collision, coefficient of restitution.

werkwoord

recoil, react — spring back, fly back, bounce back, bound back — rebound, reverberate, repercuss^†, recalcitrate^† — echo, ricochet.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

recoiling etc. v. — refluent^†, repercussive, recalcitrant, reactionary — retroactive.

bijwoord

on the rebound, on the recoil etc. n..

uitdrukking

for every action there is a reaction, equal in force for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction [Newton].

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