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backstream

noun

Etymology

From back + stream.

  1. derived from *srew-✻
  2. inherited from *srowmos✻
  3. inherited from *straumaz✻
  4. inherited from *straum✻
  5. inherited from strēam
  6. inherited from streem
  7. compounded as backstream — “back + stream”

Definitions

  1. A current running against the main current of a stream

    A current running against the main current of a stream; an eddy.

  2. To flow in a direction opposing the current or the intended direction.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for backstream. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA