backwashing

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Synonyms: blackwashing, backmasking, backcasting

Antonyms: blackwashing, backmasking, backcasting

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Noun

1. A form of [[water]] [[treatment]] in which water is [[pump]]ed [[backwards]] through the [[filter]] [[media]], sometimes with intermittent use of [[compressed air]].

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