Back (disambiguation)

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Back ( old high German hrukki ) stands for:

  • part of the trunk, the back
  • part of the book cover, the spine
  • the blunt part of a tool blade , see blade
  • generally an elongated elevation as a terrain form, the mountain ridge
  • a mountain range in the sea, sea or deep sea ridge, see threshold (geomorphology)
  • a high pressure wedge on a meandering jet stream, see back (meteorology)
  • the short form of backstroke
  • dragging felled trees to a paved path or the edge of the forest in order to be able to transport them from there, see wood back
  • a method in printing technology to compensate for the narrowing of the paper, see spine (printing technology)
  • moving "on the fly" laid railway tracks or conveyor belt systems


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Wiktionary: back  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wiktionary: back  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations