Definition of Backwashing

1. backwash [v] - See also: backwash

Lexicographical Neighbors of Backwashing

backward slash
backwardation
backwardations
backwardly
backwardness
backwardnesses
backwards
backwards compliment
backwards roll
backwards rolls
backwardsness
backwash
backwash ileitis
backwashed
backwashes
backwashing (current term)
backwater
backwatered
backwatering
backwaterish
backwaters
backweight
backweights
backwind
backwinded
backwinding
backwinds
backwood
backwoods
backwoods(a)

Literary usage of Backwashing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Woollen and Worsted Cloth Manufacture: Being a Practical Treatise for the by Roberts Beaumont (1890)
"backwashing—47. Gilling—48. Combing— 49. Nip and Square Motion Combs—50. Scribbled and Combed Wools —51. Drawing—52. Drawing Machines—53. ..."

2. Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring Techniques: Vol. 1: Solids ...by J. Russell Boulding by J. Russell Boulding (1996)
"backwashing often is used in conjunction with overpumping. If the pump does not have a backflow prevention valve, alternately starting and stopping the pump ..."

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