Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To retrofit.
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Examples
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Second, start figuring out whether some nuclear power plants need a "backfit," or additional construction to protect them from earthquakes.
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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.
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These helicopters will receive Link 16 backfit upgrades as well, after this capability is introduced in Block 3B.
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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
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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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