propeller backwash

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• backwash — ack wash , n. 1. The flow of water propelled backward by the propeller, paddle wheel, or oars of a boat. [PJC] 2. (Aeron.) The backward flowing air within the wash of an airplane, caused mostly by the engine. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• backwash — [bak′wôsh΄] n. 1. water moved backward, as by a ship, an oar, etc. 2. a backward current or flow, as of air from an airplane propeller 3. a reaction or commotion caused by some event …   English World dictionary

• propeller wash — Aeron. the backwash from a propeller. * * * …   Universalium

• propeller wash — Aeron. the backwash from a propeller …   Useful english dictionary

• backwash — noun a) The backward flow of water from oars or propeller. b) The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine. See Also: wake …   Wiktionary

• environmental works — ▪ civil engineering Introduction       infrastructure that provides cities and towns with water supply, waste disposal, and pollution control services. They include extensive networks of reservoirs, pipelines, treatment systems, pumping stations …   Universalium

• Edward Smith — Infobox Person name = Captain Edward John Smith image size = caption = Photo of Captain Edward Smith from 1912 book, Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic by Marshall Everett birth date = birth date|1850|1|27|df=y birth place = Hanley, Stoke on Trent …   Wikipedia

• airstream — air stream n. 1. a relatively well defined prevailing wind. [WordNet 1.5] 2. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller. Syn: slipstream, race, backwash, wash [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• wash — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wascan; akin to Old High German waskan to wash and perhaps to Old English wæter water Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to cleanse by or as if by the action of liquid (as water) b …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Air stream — An airstream is a relatively well defined prevailing wind, it is name given to a body of air, or air mass, that moves from its source region and brings the weather with it.It can also mean the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft… …   Wikipedia

• slipstream — /slip streem /, n. Also, slip stream. 1. Aeron. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Cf. backwash (def. 2), wash (def. 35). 2. the airstream generating reduced air pressure and forward suction directly behind a rapidly… …   Universalium