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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a flow that returns toward its source;
[syn: backflow, backflowing]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

backflow
    n 1: a flow that returns toward its source [syn: backflow,
         backflowing]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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