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backwash
(encz) | backwash,důsledky Zdeněk Brož |
backwash
(gcide) | backwash \back"wash`\, v. t.
1. To clean the oil from (wool) after combing. --Ash.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Chem.) To clean (a filter, a chromatography column, a
water softener, etc.) by passing liquid through in the
reverse of the normal direction of flow. This procedure
dislodges particles which clog the pores of the filter or
column packing, removing them from the filter or column.
[PJC] |
backwash
(gcide) | backwash \back"wash`\, n.
1. The flow of water propelled backward by the propeller,
paddle wheel, or oars of a boat.
[PJC]
2. (Aeron.) The backward flowing air within the wash of an
airplane, caused mostly by the engine.
[PJC] |
backwash
(wn) | backwash
n 1: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft
propeller [syn: slipstream, airstream, race,
backwash, wash]
2: the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic
event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident
no one knew how many had been injured" [syn: aftermath,
wake, backwash]
3: the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the
motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" [syn: wake,
backwash] |
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