Usually means: Fluid returning after hydraulic fracturing.
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  1. flowback: Merriam-Webster
  2. flowback: Wordnik
  3. flowback: Wiktionary
  4. flowback: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. flowback: Dictionary.com
  6. FlowBack: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. flowback: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Flowback: Investopedia

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  1. flowback: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (flowback)

▸ noun:  The flowing backward of a fluid.
▸ noun:  Any change back to a former place or situation by gradual movement.

Similar:
backflush, flowdown, backdiffusion, downflow, effluxion, throughflow, flowthrough, flow, retrojection, backwashing, more...

Opposite:
inflow, influx, input, intake

Types:
water, oil, sand, more...

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Similar:
backflush, flowdown, backdiffusion, downflow, effluxion, throughflow, flowthrough, flow, retrojection, backwashing, more...

Opposite:
inflow, influx, input, intake

Types:
water, oil, sand, more...



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