backflow

backflow

[′bak‚flō]

(civil engineering)

The flow of water or other liquids, mixtures, or substances into the distributing pipes of a potable supply of water from any other than its intended source.

(fluid mechanics)

Any flow in a direction opposite to the natural or intended direction of flow.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

backflow

1. The flow of water or other liquids, mixtures, or substances into the distributing pipes of a potable supply of water from any other than its intended source. Also see back siphonage

2. Any flow in a direction opposite to the natural or intended direction of flow.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.