"backdrive" meaning in English

See backdrive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: backdrives [present, singular, third-person], backdriving [participle, present], backdrived [participle, past], backdrived [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} backdrive (third-person singular simple present backdrives, present participle backdriving, simple past and past participle backdrived)
  1. operated a system of gears by applying a force to the output, transmitting force through the geartrain in the reverse of the usual direction.
    Sense id: en-backdrive-en-verb-qsWGV28j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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