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Backscattering

In telecommunication, the term backscattering has the following meanings:

1. Radio wave propagation in which the direction of the incident and scattered waves, resolved along a reference direction (usually horizontal) are oppositely directed. A signal received by backscattering is often referred to as "backscatter."

2. In optics, the scattering of light into a direction generally opposite to the original one.

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188 and from the Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

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