backflow
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]backflow (countable and uncountable, plural backflows)
- The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.
Translations
[edit]the flow of a fluid in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended
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Verb
[edit]backflow (third-person singular simple present backflows, present participle backflowing, simple past and past participle backflowed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To flow in the wrong or backward direction.