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backflow

Pronunciation:  'bak`flow

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 Definition: [n]  a flow that returns toward its source
 
 Synonyms: backflowing
 
 See Also: flow, flowing, regurgitation

 

 

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 Related Terms: back stream, backwash, backwater, Charybdis, countercurrent, counterflow, counterflux, eddy, gulf, gurge, Maelstrom, refluence, reflux, regurgitation, swirl, twirl, vortex, whirl, whirlpool
 

 

 

 

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