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flowbacks

flowbacks is the plural of flowback.

Meaning of flowback

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

Questions about flowbacks

What is flowbacks the plural of?
Flowbacks is the plural of flowback.

Words near flowbacks in the dictionary

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

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