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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Pressure backward or in the reverse of the normal direction; specifically, the resistance of the atmosphere or of waste steam to the action of the piston of a steam-engine.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. (Steam Engine) See under Pressure.
  2. n. (Steam engine) pressure which resists the motion of the piston, as the pressure of exhaust steam which does not find free outlet.

Examples

  • “Eventually the investigators determined that a frozen regulator, a faulty relief valve, and a rapid buildup of back pressure caused the center structure of the X-15’s ammonia tank to ram and smash open the control system’s hydrogen peroxide sphere.”

    Simon & Schuster: First Man

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