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When looking for signs of electrons recoiling as other particles slammed into them, the team observed extra recoils of electrons at low energies, well beyond the number predicted by standard physics.
AN UNEXPECTED RESULT FROM A DARK MATTER EXPERIMENT MAY SIGNAL NEW PARTICLESEMILY CONOVERJUNE 17, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
They used to treat these “electronic recoils” as background noise, and indeed many of these events are caused by mundane sources such as radioactive lead and krypton isotopes.
DARK MATTER EXPERIMENT FINDS UNEXPLAINED SIGNALNATALIE WOLCHOVERJUNE 17, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINE
In their new analysis, the physicists examined electronic recoils in the first year’s worth of XENON1T data.
DARK MATTER EXPERIMENT FINDS UNEXPLAINED SIGNALNATALIE WOLCHOVERJUNE 17, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINE
Danton began to recoil from the gulf opening before him, and wished to return to alliance with the Girondists.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTT
A slight tremor passed over the whiteness of her face; he took it for the vibration of some spiritual recoil.
THE CREATORSMAY SINCLAIR
May this blood recoil upon those who are really guilty of those crimes.
CATHERINE DE' MEDICIHONORE DE BALZAC
When the enemy approached, one or two volleys caused his column to recoil in confusion.
The recoil staggered him, but he recovered himself without going over, and instantly roared out a horse-laugh.
OVERLANDJOHN WILLIAM DE FOREST
Though there was no crime he would recoil at in the satisfaction of his passions, yet he fervently clung to life.
This weapon is prohibitive on account of its recoil, and few, if any, sportsmen now care to carry one.
IN AFRICAJOHN T. MCCUTCHEON
WORDS RELATED TO RECOIL
- abstain
- avert
- bypass
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- deflect
- desist
- ditch
- divert
- dodge
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- fake out
- fend off
- flee
- give the slip
- hide
- hold off
- jump
- keep clear
- lay low
- obviate
- recoil
- run for cover
- shake
- shake and bake
- shake off
- shirk
- shrink from
- shuffle off
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- skip
- skip out on
- skip town
- skirt
- stay away
- stay out
- steer clear of
- step aside
- turn aside
- ward off
- weave
- withdraw
- abstain
- avert
- bypass
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- deflect
- desist
- ditch
- divert
- dodge
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- fake out
- fend off
- flee
- give the slip
- hide
- hold off
- jump
- keep clear
- lay low
- obviate
- recoil
- run for cover
- shake
- shake and bake
- shake off
- shirk
- shrink from
- shuffle off
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- skip
- skip out on
- skip town
- skirt
- stay away
- stay out
- steer clear of
- step aside
- turn aside
- ward off
- weave
- withdraw
- abstain
- avert
- bypass
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- deflect
- desist
- ditch
- divert
- dodge
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- fake out
- fend off
- flee
- give the slip
- hide
- hold off
- jump
- keep clear
- lay low
- obviate
- recoil
- run for cover
- shake
- shake and bake
- shake off
- shirk
- shrink from
- shuffle off
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- skip
- skip out on
- skip town
- skirt
- stay away
- stay out
- steer clear of
- step aside
- turn aside
- ward off
- weave
- withdraw
- abandon
- accede
- acquiesce
- admit
- back off
- back out
- back pedal
- backtrack
- balk
- beg off
- bow out
- cancel
- cave in
- chicken out
- concede
- cop out
- demur
- give ground
- give in
- give up
- go back on
- have no fight left
- hold back
- pull back
- pull out
- recant
- recoil
- renege
- resign
- retreat
- submit
- surrender
- take back
- wimp out
- withdraw
- withdraw from agreement or statement
- yield
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.