flowback

English

Noun

flowback (countable and uncountable, plural flowbacks)

  1. The flowing backward of a fluid.
    • 2013, Johannes Fink, Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals and Fluids Technology, page 213:
      The flowback of a proppant following fracture stimulation treatment is a major concern because of the damage to equipment and loss in well production.
  2. Any change back to a former place or situation by gradual movement.
    • 2016, Laura Guazzone, The Middle East in Global Change:
      The flowback of returning Arab 'guest workers' from Arab oil-rich states may be decomposed into two components: […]

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