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contraflow|ˈkɒntrəfləʊ|
Also contra-flow.
[f. contra- + flow n.1]
a. Flow in the opposite direction or in opposite directions, esp. in Paper-making.
b. Of road traffic: flow or movement alongside and in a direction contrary to an established or usual flow, as during road-works. Chiefly attrib.
1934Webster, Contra-flow, flow in the opposite direction. 1949Papermaking (Paper Makers' Assoc.) x. 144 The vats in use to-day fall into two broad categories, the Contraflow and the Uniflow vats. 1952F. H. Norris Paper & Paper Making xiv. 212 There are two types of vats..the Contraflow and Uniflow vat—and although the former is the older type, it is in more general use. The mould in the Contraflow vat rotates in the opposite direction to the flow of the stuff. 1963R. R. A. Higham Handbk. Papermaking vii. 183 These [multi-vat boards] are made on machines which consist of a number of vats, generally of the uniflow and contraflow type. 1970Gloss. Aeronaut. & Astronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) viii. 14 Contra-flow turbine engine, a gas turbine engine in which the turbine and compressor blades are integral or adjacent, and the working fluid flows in opposite directions through the respective passages of the two sets of blades. 1975Daily Mail 3 Jan. 11/6 There are..contra-flow bus lanes (in which buses go against the flow of other traffic). 1983Daily Tel. 6 June 12/5 The southbound carriageway will be closed..until June 20, with contraflow traffic on the northbound carriageway. Ibid. 11 July 6/4 A contraflow will apply between junctions 14 and 15..until August. 1985Times 9 Apr. 3/8 Resurfacing..has meant closing the northbound section and funnelling traffic into a contraflow system of two lanes each way on the southbound side. |