"backoff" meaning in English

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          "text": "a backoff strategy to avoid collisions"
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          "ref": "1997, James MacLaren, Learn to Surf, page 82",
          "text": "The surfer is in the middle of a backoff. Paddle for unbroken waves butterfly-style, with both arms at the same time, instead of using the crawl stroke that got you out to where the waves are breaking.",
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          "ref": "2012, Kimberly Young Chopin, Metamorphosis: A Love Story, page 22",
          "text": "I fastened the board's leash to my ankle, jumped on and paddled past the backoff.",
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        "The situation where an incoming wave passes from shallower water to a deeper area, making the wave less steep and potentially unsurfable."
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        "(surfing) The situation where an incoming wave passes from shallower water to a deeper area, making the wave less steep and potentially unsurfable."
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