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.
Length: 8Scrabble® value: 19Words With Friends® value: 21
Numerology value: 3 (Pythagorean letter-sum). See what this number means on NumberAngel.
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