On other occasions, where the technical basis for the initial entry cannot be defended, the second mover has the advantage, since it may well be less costly to retro-engineer a product than to have invented and innovated it.
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Retro-engineer
Synonyms for "retro-engineer"
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I suspected that's why I could so easily retro-engineer and re-invent their ultra-superior and advanced technology.
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He was an engineer, it was his responsibility to retro-engineer the saucer and its components, to find out how it could do what it had done.
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You can retro-engineer it. You look at a roomful of junk and you pay attention to what's lying on what, because that will eventually tell you what fell first.
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