backfit

American  

[bak-fit] / ˈbækˌfɪt /

verb (used with object)

backfit, backfitted, backfitting

1. to update by providing new or improved equipment or features.

   a five-year program of installing new power plants and backfitting existing ones.

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Etymology

Origin of backfit

back ² + fit ¹

Example Sentences

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backfitted backfitting

Some provisions would be backfitted later, but the vulnerability that Ware and the later studies observed was built into the technology.

From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2020

"The potential is very high. We expect that backfitting existing blast furnaces with moderate investments will reduce worldwide direct CO2 emissions by two to four percent," Deutschmann says.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023