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flowback

flowback noun: the flowing backward of a fluid.

Noun

flowback (countable and uncountable, plural flowbacks)

  1. The flowing backward of a fluid.
    • The flowback of a proppant following fracture stimulation treatment is a major concern because of the damage to equipment and loss in well production.2013, Johannes Fink, Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals and Fluids Technology, page 213
  2. Any change back to a former place or situation by gradual movement.
    • The flowback of returning Arab 'guest workers' from Arab oil-rich states may be decomposed into two components: […]2016, Laura Guazzone, The Middle East in Global Change

Forms of flowback

pluralflowbacks

Origin of flowback

Deverbal from flow back.

Questions about flowback

What does flowback mean?
Flowback means the flowing backward of a fluid.
What part of speech is flowback?
Flowback is a noun.
What is the plural of flowback?
The plural of flowback is flowbacks.

Words near flowback in the dictionary

  1. flowable
  2. flowage
  3. flowages
  4. flowant
  5. flowants
  6. flowback
  7. flowbacks
  8. flowcell
  9. flowcells
  10. flowchart
  11. flowcharter

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