dictionary definitions for "outflow"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Outflow \Out"flow`\, n.
     A flowing out; efflux.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Outflow \Out*flow"\, v. i.
     To flow out. --Campbell.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  outflow
      n 1: the discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried
           to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had
           to clean up the leak" [syn: escape, leak, leakage,
           outflow]
      2: the process of flowing out [syn: outflow, effluence,
         efflux] [ant: inflow, influx]
      3: a natural flow of ground water [syn: spring, fountain,
         outflow, outpouring, natural spring]


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