Definition of "reverse-engineered" [reverse-engineered]

• Simple past tense and past participle of reverse-engineer. (verb)

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• "The reason this series is a great example of 'New Media' is that it was developed with the unique viewing habits of Internet watchers in mind and reverse-engineered."
• "Maybe we should have simply reverse-engineered Apollo which, at least, was able to get 5 seats into the contigency Skylab Rescue Mission."
• "-- While Batman has "reverse-engineered" the spell (thanks, again, to Luthor's analysis), I don't think the narration here contradicts anything I said last issue."