后坐力 (hòu zuò lì) — recoil (of a gun); backlash; reactive force

Definition

Examples

• 这把枪的后坐力很大。
  Zhè bǎ qiāng de hòu zuò lì hěn dà.
  This gun has a large recoil.
• 机器启动时会产生后坐力。
  Jī qì qǐ dòng shí huì chǎn shēng hòu zuò lì.
  The machine produces a backlash when it starts up.
• 作用力和后坐力总是大小相等方向相反。
  Zuò yòng lì hé hòu zuò lì zǒng shì dà xiǎo xiāng děng fāng xiàng xiāng fǎn.
  The action force and the reactive force are always equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.