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Meaning
Noun
●
An
obstacle
,
delay
,
disadvantage
,
blow
(an
adverse
event
which
retards
or
prevents
progress
towards a
desired
outcome)
●
In American English:
The required
distance
between a structure and a road.
●
In Architecture:
A step-like
recession
in a wall.
●
An
offset
to the
temperature
setting
of a
thermostat
to
cover
a
period
when
more or less
heating
is required than usual.
●
A
backset
; a
countercurrent
; an eddy.
●
A
backset
;
a check
; a
repulse
; a relapse.
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