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counterflow

noun

Etymology

From counter- + flow.

  1. derived from *plōw-✻
  2. inherited from *flōaną✻ — “to flow”
  3. inherited from *flōan✻
  4. inherited from flōwan — “to flow”
  5. inherited from flowen
  6. prefixed as counterflow — “counter + flow”

Definitions

  1. A flow in the opposite direction

    A flow in the opposite direction; or the flow of two fluids in opposite directions

    • We, too, used[…] a counterflow heat exchanger to warm incoming fresh air.

  2. Driving in the opposite direction.

  3. To flow in the opposite direction

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for counterflow. 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