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Meaning of backwash

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  backwash
      n 1: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft
           propeller [syn: {slipstream}, {airstream}, {race},
           {backwash}, {wash}]
      2: the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic
         event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident
         no one knew how many had been injured" [syn: {aftermath},
         {wake}, {backwash}]
      3: the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the
         motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" [syn: {wake},
         {backwash}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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