backwind

verb, noun — 3 senses

backwind

verb

Etymology From back + wind.

1

Nautical, Transport To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel

If a sailing boat's bow is pointing too high into the wind the sails backwind.

backwind

noun

Etymology From back + wind.

1

Nautical, Transport The flow of air so deflected

backwind

verb

Etymology From back + wind.

1

To wind backwards.

This works because tape packs with equal diameters also have equal circumferences, therefore the distance the tape on each deck travels when backwound from the edit point is the same.1978, Educational & Industrial Television, volume 10, page 138:

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