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outflow

noun

Etymology

From Middle English outflowen, from late Old English ūtflōwan (attested in the past tense as ūt flēow), equivalent to out- + flow. The noun is derived from the verb.

  1. inherited from ūtflōwan
  2. inherited from outflowen

Definitions

  1. The process of flowing out.

  2. A fluid that flows out.

    • Borg’s home, which he built with his wife and two sons among tall conifers 33 years ago, overlooks the Nipigon River, an outflow from the lake of the same name.

  3. Any outward movement.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    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.

    4. To flow outward.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at outflow. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at outflow. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at outflow

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA