Look up: Recoil

1. recoil
   [n] - the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired 2. [n] - a movement back from an impact
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2. Recoil
   In some escapements, the slight reverse motion of the escape-wheel when it meets the pallet responsible for locking. Recoil is in theory undesirable, since it hampers the free movement of the controller;  but sometimes it is allowed for and indeed turned to advantage in making the locking process se
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3. Recoil
   Re·coil' (re*koil') intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Recoiled (-koild'); present participle & verbal noun Recoiling .] [ Middle English recoilen , French reculer<...
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4. Recoil
   Re·coil' transitive verb To draw or go back. [ Obsolete] Spenser.
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5. Recoil
   Re·coil' noun 1. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood. 2. The state or condition of having recoiled. « The recoil from formalism is skepticism.» F...
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6. recoil
   1. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood. ... 2. The state or condition of having recoiled. 'The recoil from formalism is skepticism.' (F. W. Robertson) ... 3. Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged. Recoil dynamo...
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7. recoil
   repercussion noun a movement back from an impact
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8. recoil
   noun the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
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9. recoil
   (re´koil) the act or state of pulling back quickly, as towards a resting position upon removal of a strong opposing force. elastic recoil the ability of a stretched elastic object or organ, such as the lung or bladder, to return to its resting position. See also elastance.
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10. Recoil
    • (v. t.) To draw or go back. • (n.) The state or condition of having recoiled. • (n.) Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged. • (v. i.) To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink. • (v. i.) To turn ...
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11. recoil
    (from the article `electromagnetic radiation`) During the mid-1800s the German physicist Gustav Robert Kirchhoff observed that atoms and molecules emit and absorb electromagnetic radiation at ...
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12. recoil
    (from the article `French 75`) field gun of 75-millimetre (2.95-inch) bore devised in 1894 by Colonel Albert Deport of the French army. It was distinguished from other cannon of ... Until the 1860s guns were simply allowed to recoil along with their carriages until they stopped moving, and they were then manhandled back into ... [6 ...
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13. recoil
    
    • the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
    • a movement back from an impact
    
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14. Recoil
    (band) On October 20, 2006, Alan appeared on a web greeting confirming a Summer 2007 target date for the next Recoil album. On April 22, 2007, Wilder released a statement on his MySpace page that the new album would be entitled subHuman and had been provisionally set for release on Jul...
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15. Recoil
    (album) Name = Recoil | Type = studio | Artist = Nonpoint | Cover = Nonpoint-recoil.jpg | Released = August 3, 2004 | Recorded = 2004 | Genre = Alternative metal<br />Nu metal | Length = 55:51 | Label = Lava Records | Producer = Jason Bieler <br /> Nonpoint| Reviews = Last album = De...
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16. Recoil
    (video game) `RECOIL` is a 1999 tank-based Windows computer game. It involves the player driving a stolen experimental tank known as the "BFT" (Battle Force Tank) through various missions. There is heavy influence on the wide array of weapons to be collected throughout the ga...
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17. Recoil
    (film) `Recoil` is a a 1953 British crime film directed by John Gilling and starring Kieron Moore, Elizabeth Sellars and Edward Underdown. Cast: References: <references/> External links:
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