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Backward running, also known as backwards running, running backwards, reverse running, retro running, or retro locomotion is the act of running in reverse, so that one travels in the direction one's back is facing rather than one's front.
Walking backwards from Santa Monica, California to Istanbul, Turkey Plennie Lawrence Wingo (January 24, 1895 – October 2, 1993) was an American man who walked backwards from Santa Monica, California to Istanbul, Turkey , about 8,000 miles (13,000 km), from April 15, 1931 to October 24, 1932, at the age of 36.
Moving backward is also common in sports — think soccer players and referees. There are even some backward running and walking races, plus people moving in reverse while competing in famous ...
River Outlet Continent Cause of reversal References Krupa River: Neretva River: Europe: High water levels of the Neretva River [7]Petexbatún River: Pasión River: Central America
A lateral during an option play. In gridiron football, a lateral pass or lateral (officially backward pass in American football and onside pass in Canadian football), also called a pitch or a flip, occurs when the ball carrier throws or hands the football to a teammate in a direction parallel to or away from the opponents' goal line.
The word anadrome comes from Greek anádromos (ἀνάδρομος), "running backward", and can be compared to palíndromos (παλίνδρομος), "running back again" (whence palindrome).
Her claim was not about spelling it backwards, but rather saying it backwards; in other words, if one breaks the word into several sections or prosodic feet ("super-cali-fragi-listic-expi-ali-docious") and recites them in reverse sequence, and also modifies "super" to "rupus", it comes close to what Poppins said in the film.
Retrocausality, or backwards causation, is a concept of cause and effect in which an effect precedes its cause in time and so a later event affects an earlier one. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In quantum physics , the distinction between cause and effect is not made at the most fundamental level and so time-symmetric systems can be viewed as causal or retrocausal.