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backwashing

backwashing noun: a form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.

Noun

backwashing (plural backwashings)

  1. A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.

backwashing meaning in Kannada

backwashing in Kannada

ಹಿಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಸಾಗುವ ಅಲೆಯ ಚಲನೆ

Forms of backwashing

pluralbackwashings

Origin of backwashing

From back + washing.

Questions about backwashing

What does backwashing mean?
Backwashing means a form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
What is backwashing in Kannada?
Backwashing in Kannada is ಹಿಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಸಾಗುವ ಅಲೆಯ ಚಲನೆ. See Backwashing meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is backwashing?
Backwashing is a noun.
What is the plural of backwashing?
The plural of backwashing is backwashings.

Words near backwashing in the dictionary

  1. backwashable
  2. backwashed
  3. backwasher
  4. backwashers
  5. backwashes
  6. backwashing
  7. backwashings
  8. backwater
  9. backwatered
  10. backwatering
  11. backwaterish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backwashing (page history and authors); backwashing (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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