backfiring

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backfiring englanniksi

  1. (infl of)

  2. A failure that leads to further misfortune.

  3. The occurrence of a backfire.

  4. (quote-journal) The chief causes of rectifier backfiring in the Glasgow units were overheating or unfavourable anode/cathode temperature differential; it has proved possible to overcome these, although occasional backfires do still occur.