backwind
verb 2noun 1
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1VERB + BACKWIND
sails, wind
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verb
1
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.
noun
1
The flow of air so deflected
verb
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.
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If a sailing boat's bow is pointing too high into the wind the sails backwind.
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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.
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