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11backward integration — ➔ integration * * * backward integration UK US noun [U] ► a situation in which a company controls the supply of goods and services it needs by buying the company that supplies them, or by going into the same business as that company: »The… …
12backward — [adj1] toward the rear astern, behind, inverted, rearward, regressive, retrograde; concept 581 Ant. ahead, forward, to the front backward [adj2] bashful afraid, averse, demure, diffident, disinclined, hesitant, hesitating, humble, indisposed,… …
13backward — [bak′wərd] adv. [ME bakward, for abakward < abak (< OE on bæc, back) + ward (< OE weard, toward)] 1. toward the back or rear; behind 2. with the back or rear foremost 3. in reverse [to spell a word backward] 4. in a way contrary to the… …
14Backward masking — has several meanings: *The original meaning of the term, in psychoacoustics, refers to temporal masking of quiet sounds that occur moments before a louder sound. *A similar meaning, in use in cognitive psychology, refers to a phenomenon wherein… …
15Backward-Diode — [ bækwəd , englisch], Rückwärtsdiode, eine Halbleiterdiode (Diode) mit Tunneleffektwirkung, die aber infolge eines hoch dotierten abrupten pn Übergangs im Unterschied zur Tunneldiode einen stark herabgesetzten Höcker oder Schwellenstrom… …
16backward-compatible — backward com patible adjective COMPUTING computer software that is backward compatible can operate with previous pieces of software of the same type ╾ ,backward compati bility noun uncount …
17backward — (adv.) c.1300, from abakward, from O.E. on bæc (see BACK (Cf. back) (adv.)) + weard adj./adv. suffix (see WARD (Cf. ward)). O.E. had the adverb bæcling. As an adjective, from 1550s. Meaning behindhand with regard to progress is first attested… …
18backward — ► ADJECTIVE 1) directed behind or to the rear. 2) having made less progress than is normal or expected. ● not backward in Cf. ↑not backward in DERIVATIVES backwardly adverb backwardness noun …
19Backward — Back ward, n. The state behind or past. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] In the dark backward and abysm of time. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
20Backward Castes United Front — is a political party in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The party was founded in February 2004. The party president is P. Ramakrishnaiah. The party works for reservations for Backward Castes , for example for a reservations for BC women.In… …
