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BACKFLOW

Dictionary entry overview: What does backflow mean?

• BACKFLOW (noun)
The noun BACKFLOW has 1 sense:

1. a flow that returns toward its source

Familiarity information: BACKFLOW used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BACKFLOW (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A flow that returns toward its source

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

backflow; backflowing

Hypernyms ("backflow" is a kind of...):

flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "backflow"):

regurgitation (backflow of blood through a defective heart valve)

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