Backflow

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  backflow
       n : a flow that returns toward its source [syn: {backflowing}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "backflow":


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