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BACKFLOWING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does backflowing mean? 

BACKFLOWING (noun)
  The noun BACKFLOWING has 1 sense:

1. a flow that returns toward its sourceplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BACKFLOWING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A flow that returns toward its source

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

backflow; backflowing

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

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

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

regurgitation (backflow of blood through a defective heart valve)


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