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noun

backwash

the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

In a sentence

Six example sentences with backwash, each labelled with its topic.

  • Ground crew waited for the backwash to die down before wheeling the stairs toward the little turboprop.

    Travel

  • Early carrier decks were miserable places, with backwash flinging grit at anyone crossing behind a warming engine.

    History

  • Shooting beside the runway, she braced the tripod because backwash from a taxiing plane shook every long exposure.

    Photography

  • Drone pilots learn to expect backwash from the rotors, which flattens grass and kicks dust into the lens on landing.

    Technology

  • The backwash from a propeller spirals as it moves back, striking the tail on one side and nudging the plane left.

    Science

  • The crew hid the camera behind a mesh screen, because backwash from the biplane's propeller had already scratched one lens.

    Movies

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