backwash
a consequence or after-effect
TRANSLATION
backwash = die Nachwirkungen backwash = das Kielwasser, der Rückstrom --- GOOGLE INDEX backwash: approximately 2,700,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
A great BACKWASH of enthusiasm from the Olympics will carry the Paralympics triumphantly through the opening ceremony on Wednesday night.
(The Guardian)
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The sludge came from settling ponds containing BACKWASH from the water treatment plant's filtering system, town officials said.
(The Republic)
(The Guardian)
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The sludge came from settling ponds containing BACKWASH from the water treatment plant's filtering system, town officials said.
(The Republic)
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backwash
noun
- a consequence or aftermath
- a backward flow or movement (as of water or air) produced especially by a propelling force; also the fluid that is moving backward
(Merriam-Webster Dictionaries)
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Backwash, a compound noun that combines "back" and "wash," has several definitions. In geography, the term "swash" refers to the white foamy water that rushes up on an ocean coast. The friction and the pull of gravity then cause the water to flow back towards the sea. This return flow is called backwash.
Backwash also refers to the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward, as well as the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller.
In water systems that rely on filtering, such as municipal drinking water and swimming pools, backwash describes the process of reversing and increasing the flow of water to loosen particles in a clogged-up filter.
In a figurative sense, backwash describes the after-effects of something. Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal used the term to argue that economic growth in one area adversely affects the prosperity of another. Wealth and labour move from poorer, peripheral areas to more central regions of economic growth and the industrial production of wealthy regions may well undercut the industrial output of the poorer regions. This draining of wealth and labour together with industrial decline is the backwash.
(sources; Wikipedia, answers.com)
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SYNONYMS
after-effect, aftermath, effect, conclusion, consequence, development, fate, fruit, outcome, outgrowth, product, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot
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"September 11 created a backwash of changes in airport security."
noun
- a consequence or aftermath
- a backward flow or movement (as of water or air) produced especially by a propelling force; also the fluid that is moving backward
(Merriam-Webster Dictionaries)
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Backwash, a compound noun that combines "back" and "wash," has several definitions. In geography, the term "swash" refers to the white foamy water that rushes up on an ocean coast. The friction and the pull of gravity then cause the water to flow back towards the sea. This return flow is called backwash.
Backwash also refers to the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward, as well as the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller.
In water systems that rely on filtering, such as municipal drinking water and swimming pools, backwash describes the process of reversing and increasing the flow of water to loosen particles in a clogged-up filter.
In a figurative sense, backwash describes the after-effects of something. Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal used the term to argue that economic growth in one area adversely affects the prosperity of another. Wealth and labour move from poorer, peripheral areas to more central regions of economic growth and the industrial production of wealthy regions may well undercut the industrial output of the poorer regions. This draining of wealth and labour together with industrial decline is the backwash.
(sources; Wikipedia, answers.com)
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SYNONYMS
after-effect, aftermath, effect, conclusion, consequence, development, fate, fruit, outcome, outgrowth, product, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"September 11 created a backwash of changes in airport security."
