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outflow

/ˈaʊtˌfloʊ/

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What does outflow mean?

noun

  1. The process of flowing out.
  2. A fluid that flows out.
  3. Any outward movement.
More meanings (4)

noun

  1. A stream of gaseous material emanating from an active galactic nucleus.
  2. The part of a system that allows material to flow out.
  3. Something that flows out of a sewage treatment plant.

verb

  1. To flow outward.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈaʊtˌfloʊ/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Once integrated into the thriving West German economy, the area will have to stem the outflow of workers and renovate the obsolescent industrial base.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1990 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #14
If you have such an outflow and desire to undertake the expense of tiling, you can insure yourself against a serious rise of alkali indefinitely.
Edward J. (Edward James) WicksonOne Thousand Questions in California Agriculture AnsweredProject Gutenberg ebook #5152
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The warmth lifts up part of the water already cast down, and the outflow of the steaming ice-fields, and pours it down again in prodigious floods.
Ignatius DonnellyRagnarok : the Age of Fire and GravelProject Gutenberg ebook #5109
When grinding one must attentively match the inflow to the rate of outflow because if the hopper is overfilled the tines become snarled and cease to work.
Steve SolomonOrganic Gardener's CompostingProject Gutenberg ebook #4342