Word: recoiled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Later, physicists found that the hypothetical particles (which they had come to call neutrinos) were a convenient explanation for other things they did not understand. For instance, when an atom throws off particles, it kicks back like a firing gun. The energy of the particles and the recoiling atom can be measured accurately by studying the tracks of moisture they make in a Wilson cloud chamber. Theoretically, they should balance; but in many cases they do not. Why? Physicists assume that invisible neutrinos have been shot away, too, affecting the recoil of the atom...
...been fired successfully in Churchill's cold, then stored for the rest of the winter by "cocooning" them with a plastic sprayed over canvas. They had come through in good shape. But artillerymen still have their troubles. Braking spades on gun carriages snap off on the first recoil; in extreme cold some explosives become unstable and are either dangerous to handle or hard to fire. Americans and Canadians, working in parallel experiments, are still trying to figure the best way to keep engine oils fluid...
...begin a backswing: address the ball with a little forward movement, or waggle, and let the backswing be a natural recoil from...
...felt sure that sooner or later the market would reflect fat earnings (which are generally continuing) with a healthy spurt. But last week's drop changed many minds or clouded the crystal ball completely. One expert, who glibly tosses off words like "velocity ratings," "gaps." "double tops," "recoil," etc. to explain the market, finally gave up. Said he: "Frankly, I don't know what's happening. I'm baffled...
...Recoil with a vengeance came in the 50 yard sprint, an ominous portent for the final relay outcome. The Green's Howe with first, and Thalheimer taking third, sandwiched Bill MacVicker who made it a wirephoto finish largely on the strength of his turns...