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backshot
a. (context of a water wheel English) Having the water introduced just behind the summit, combining the advantages of breastshot and overshot systems, since the full amount of the potential energy released by the falling water is harnessed as the water descends the back of the wheel. n. 1 (context chiefly sport English) (rfdef: English) 2 (context geology English) (rfdef: English)
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Backshot
Backshot may refer to:
- Water wheel#Backshot wheel
- Backshot (StarFist novel), a novel by David Sherman and Dan Cragg
- ''Backshot', novel by George G. Gilman
Usage examples of "backshot".
I could just as easily have backshot him, but the Iceman says I've got to be a hero for you.
The backshot of Gillings' stem face was sufficient to break op Owen's stasis.
The backshot of Gillings's stern face was sufficient to break op Owen's stasis.