backlash

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A suddenly reversed or backward motion, such as of a rope or elastic band when it snaps under tension.
2. isim A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.

   “The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent.”

3. isim The looseness through which one part of connected machinery, such as a wheel, gear, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, or a measurement of the distance moved thereby; either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
4. isim The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.
5. fiil To perform a backlash, to lash back in reaction to some cause.

   “May 2, 1922, locomotive 2469 , Hornell, N. Y. Screw reverse gear backlashed due to latch spring too weak to hold it in place ; 1 injured”