counterflow
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editcounterflow (countable and uncountable, plural counterflows)
- A flow in the opposite direction; or the flow of two fluids in opposite directions
- 2009 January 5, “Using the Earth and Sun to Provide Home Heating”, in New York Times[1]:
- We, too, used […] a counterflow heat exchanger to warm incoming fresh air.
Verb
editcounterflow (third-person singular simple present counterflows, present participle counterflowing, simple past and past participle counterflowed)
- To flow in the opposite direction