"backpressure" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: backpressures [plural]
Etymology: From back + pressure. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|pressure}} back + pressure Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} backpressure (countable and uncountable, plural backpressures)
  1. (fluid dynamics) Pressure that is opposed to the flow of a fluid. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fluid dynamics Translations (opposed pressure): vastapaine (Finnish), frithbhrú [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-backpressure-en-noun-qIIAGQPG Topics: fluid-dynamics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'opposed pressure': 96 4
  2. (computing) The buildup of unprocessed data due to a bottleneck. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-backpressure-en-noun-b~2DOOih Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 35 65 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: back pressure

Inflected forms

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