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dark flow

noun

Etymology

From dark (“hidden”) + flow. From the motion of galaxy clusters due to a hidden influence, possibly from beyond the horizon of the observable universe.

  1. derived from *plōw-✻
  2. inherited from *flōaną✻ — “to flow”
  3. inherited from *flōan✻
  4. inherited from flōwan — “to flow”
  5. inherited from flowen
  6. compounded as dark flow — “dark + flow”

Definitions

  1. A possible non-random component of the peculiar velocity of galaxy clusters.

  2. A state of flow experienced in gambling, especially by slot machine players

    A state of flow experienced in gambling, especially by slot machine players; a state of intense focus and absorption on gambling.

    • We propose that players who experience dark flow have difficulty staying on task in everyday life, but, the reinforcing sights and sounds of slot machines rein in these otherwise wandering minds and induce these flow-like states

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