1. Plural of backscattering; instances or processes in which radiation, particles, or waves are scattered backward (in a direction opposite to their initial direction of travel).
Usage: technical; physics; materials science

Examples

• The backscatterings of electrons from the sample surface provided valuable information about its composition.
• In X-ray diffraction, backscatterings occur when photons interact with crystal lattices at specific angles.
• The detector measured multiple backscatterings to determine the material's atomic structure.
• Backscatterings in neutron spectroscopy help scientists study molecular dynamics.
• The experiment recorded thousands of backscatterings per second from the irradiated target.