Definition of Backlash

	Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog Now!
Home - Quote Topics - Quotes of the Day - Quote Keywords - Author Types - Quotation Trivia Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Backlash

The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.

Related Definitions:

Also, As, Badly, Be, By, Can, Caused, Connected, Distance, Fitting, From, In, Irregularities, Jarring, Looseness, Machinery, Motion, Moved, Moving, Of, One, Or, Part, Piston, Reflex, Resulting, Reverse, Screw, The, Through, Velocity, Wear, Wheel, Which, Without

Quotes