A person who reverse-engineers products.

The process of analyzing the construction and operation of a product in order to manufacture a similar one. / (computing) Such analysis of an executable or other system in order to recreate its workings.

present participle of reverse engineer

Alternative spelling of reverse-engineer

Alternative spelling of reverse-engineer

(chemistry) a technique whereby a solution is forced through a semipermeable membrane under pressure; used to generate drinkable water from seawater, or to separate chemical compounds

(transitive, computing) To determine an item's characteristics solely based on an identifier such as material number, catalog code, or part number.

(mathematics) an operation that transforms a physical system undergoing a sequence of events into one in which the events take place in the reverse sequence / (physics) T-symmetry

Any of several reversals in the polarity of the Earth's magnetic field (such that a compass points South) that have happened over geologic time.

(psychology) The advocacy of one course of action in such a way as to persuade someone to take an opposite course