elution mode

in counter-current chromatography
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.09943

Method of introduction of the mobile phase (upper or lower) into the rotating coil (from the head or the tail). Of four combinations, only two elution modes should be used in high-speed counter-current chromatography, i.e. either the lower phase from the head toward the tail or the upper phase from the tail toward the head.

Source:
PAC, 2017, 90, 181. (Terminology of separation methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2017)) on page 203 [Terms] [Paper]