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backpressure

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Pressure that is opposed to the desired flow of a fluid (through a duct).
  2. noun The buildup of unprocessed data due to a bottleneck; a technique to control the flow of data between producers and consumers.

Similar words

restriction hand antiflow gage pressure head resistance venturi effect pulse pressure hydrostatic paradox bernoulli effect

Often followed by

on of and is in to regulator valve turbine

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