"spillback" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spillbacks [plural]
Etymology: From spill + back. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|spill|back}} spill + back Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} spillback (countable and uncountable, plural spillbacks)
  1. The blockage of an intersection by traffic as a result of the traffic lights changing and preventing progress. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-spillback-en-noun-Y8GBR5pF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30
  2. (epidemiology) The spread of an infectious pathogen from humans to non-human animals. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-spillback-en-noun-5DFghCqH Categories (other): Epidemiology Topics: epidemiology, medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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