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 Translation for 'backward movement' from English to French
NOUN   a backward movement | backward movements
mouvement {m} de refluxbackward movement
Partial Matches
en arrière {adv}backward
arriéré {adj} [pays, société]backward
rétrograde {adj}backward-looking
psych.
arriéré {m}
backward person
se pencher en arrièreto lean backward
pencher le corps en arrièreto lean backward(s)
psych.
arriérée {f}
backward person [female]
faire un pas en arrièreto take a step backward
d'avant en arrière {adj} [mouvement]backward and forward [movement]
ne pas être modesteto not be backward in coming forward [idiom]
éduc.
[école pour les attardés mentals] [vieux] [péj.]
backward school [Br.] [dated] [pej.] [school for mentally retarded pupils]
geste {m} [mouvement]movement
courant {m} [déplacement]movement
déplacement {m} [mouvement]movement
mouvement {m}movement
pol.
mouvement {m} nationaliste
nationalist movement
méd.
kinésithérapie {f}
movement therapy
artshist.
mouvement {m} nabi [mouvement artistique postimpressionniste d'avant-garde, né de la fin du XIXe siècle et du début du XXe siècle]
Nabi movement
mil.
mouvement {m} en tenailles
pincer movement
mouvement {m} d'ensemblecoordinated movement
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Usage Examples English
  • Escape reactions are not strictly oriented—but commonly involve backward movement, sometimes with a negatively geotactic component.
  • They suggest that this would allow for forward and backward movement of the lower jaw during chewing.
  • A horizontally oriented tail rotor controls the helicopter’s forward or backward movement by shifting its center of lift with respect to the center of gravity (CG).
  • Omniwheels are often used to allow for movement on the horizontal axis on a drivetrain, as well as forward and backward movement.
  • Normally, the CrCL prevents caudal (backward) movement of the femur relative to the tibia.

  • The player, as Sam "Serious" Stone, can freely navigate each room, using the D-pad for forward and backward movement and the shoulder buttons for strafing.
  • The original Blue Streak's equipment included rocket-powered roller skates which allowed forward and backward movement and leaping, lasers mounted on the arms of his suit, and caltrops that he used to puncture the tires of pursuing cars.
  • The motorcycle sequential gearchange is retained and operated via a gear shift inside the cockpit and requires a forward or backward movement to change gear.
  • In astrology, this backward movement was traditionally thought to be unlucky or inauspicious, as it went against the 'natural' order of movement (or 'direct movement' as it is known).
  • A forward-backward movement controlled the rudder, while a sideways or left-and-right motion controlled wing-warping.

  • This area is useful for the Conductor and Trainman when the train is being operated in reverse as it permits a vantage point for safe backward movement under their control and in communication with the Locomotive Engineer.
  • Also, players usually wear a comfortable short sleeved shirt and shorts, as well as racquetball court shoes designed for enabling quick lateral as well as forward and backward movement.
  • A minus sign is used to indicate backward movement.
  • People in this class have good sitting balance, and good forward and backward movement of their trunk.
  • The pectoral fins' rhythmic beat is asymmetric and aids the fish's balance in its slow, backward movement.

  • The resulting loss of adhesion would have made the difference between net forward movement and net backward movement.
  • There are different functional networks controlling forward and backward movement, as well as different circuits controlling each leg.
  • The Type 10 tank boasts of high mobility, including a backward movement speed of [...].
  • In general, forward movement means clockwise direction around the board; backward movement means counterclockwise direction.
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