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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To retrofit.

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Examples

  • Second, start figuring out whether some nuclear power plants need a "backfit," or additional construction to protect them from earthquakes.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • Link 16 will be backfit into existing Block 2 aircraft after its introduction in Block 3B, allowing the automated transmission of a common tactical picture shared with other ships and aircraft.

    Defense Industry Daily 2009

  • These helicopters will receive Link 16 backfit upgrades as well, after this capability is introduced in Block 3B.

    Defense Industry Daily 2009

  • And the NRC requires operators of plants found to be vulnerable to severe accidents to fix the problem "only if a cost-benefit analysis shows that the financial benefit of a safety backfit - determined by assigning a dollar value to the number of projected cancer deaths that would result from a severe accident

    AfterDowningStreet.org - Bush-Cheney Trials in '09 2009

  • And the NRC requires operators of plants found to be vulnerable to severe accidents to fix the problem "only if a cost-benefit analysis shows that the financial benefit of a safety backfit - determined by assigning a dollar value to the number of projected cancer deaths that would result from a severe accident

    Facing South 2009

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