backflow - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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.
the flow of a fluid in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended
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.