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Ricochet
  1. a glancing rebound
  2. spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
Ricochets
  1. a glancing rebound
  2. spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
Refraction
  1. the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
  2. the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another
Refractions
  1. the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
  2. the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another
Runup
  1. a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time; "a runup in interest rates"; "market runups are followed by corrections"
Runups
  1. a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time; "a runup in interest rates"; "market runups are followed by corrections"
Road To Damascus
  1. a sudden turning point in a person's life (similar to the sudden conversion of the Apostle Paul on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus of arrest Christians)
Reality Check
  1. an occasion on which one is reminded of the nature of things in the real world; "this program is intended as a reality check for CEOs"; "after all those elaborate productions, I felt in need of a reality check"
Rarefaction
  1. a decrease in the density of something; "a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium"
Rarefactions
  1. a decrease in the density of something; "a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium"