backing space

backing space

[′bak·iŋ ‚spās]
(engineering)
Space between a fore pump and a diffusion pump in a leak-testing system.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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