visszapattanó

Visszapattanó is a Hungarian adjective meaning "bouncing back" or "reflected." It is formed from the prefix vissza- (back) and the participial adjective pattanó (bouncing). The term is used to describe phenomena or objects that return to their origin after contacting a surface, or in a broader sense, situations that rebound or come back in some form.

In science and technology, visszapattanó describes backscattered or reflected effects. For example, visszapattanó fény refers to light that is reflected back toward the source, while visszapattanó sugárzás and visszapattanó hullám denote backscattered radiation or waves in optics, radiography, acoustics, and related fields. The concept is closely related to reflection, scattering, and return signals observed in measurement and imaging techniques.

In everyday language, visszapattanó is commonly used to describe rebounds in sports or physical interactions, such as a visszapattanó labda (rebound ball) that bounces off a surface, or a situation where a consequence returns to affect the original actor. The term also appears in broader contexts to indicate rebound effects or feedback, for example in discussions of economic or social responses that “come back” after an intervention.

See also terms related to reflection and return, such as visszaverődés (reflection) and visszahatás (rebound or feedback). While closely related, visszapattanó emphasizes the physical or perceptible return of energy, signals, or objects to their source.

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