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Noun [English]

Forms: outflows [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|outflowen}} Middle English outflowen, {{inh|en|ang|ūtflōwan}} Old English ūtflōwan, {{pre|en|out|flow}} out- + flow Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} outflow (countable and uncountable, plural outflows)
  1. The process of flowing out. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (process of flowing out): effluence, efflux, effluxion Translations (Process of flowing out): արտահոսք (artahoskʻ) (Armenian), изтичане (iztičane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), изливане (izlivane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 流出 (liúchū) (Chinese Mandarin), 外流 (wàiliú) (Chinese Mandarin), ulosvirtaus (Finnish), sortie [feminine] (French), Abfluss [masculine] (German), εκροή (ekroḯ) [feminine] (Greek), 流出 (ryūshutsu) (alt: りゅうしゅつ) (Japanese), изле́вање (izlévanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), истеку́вање (istekúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), и́злив (ízliv) [masculine] (Macedonian), utstrømming [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), utstrømning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), saída [feminine] (Portuguese), отто́к (ottók) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-outflow-en-noun-C3BIQD7w Categories (other): English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 19 18 14 10 14 13 12 Disambiguation of 'process of flowing out': 84 7 1 1 3 4 Disambiguation of 'Process of flowing out': 84 7 1 1 3 4
  2. A fluid that flows out. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-outflow-en-noun-5xrcoq5z Categories (other): English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 19 18 14 10 14 13 12
  3. Any outward movement. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-outflow-en-noun-2bs4VRLu Categories (other): English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 19 18 14 10 14 13 12
  4. (astronomy) A stream of gaseous material emanating from an active galactic nucleus. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Astronomy
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  5. The part of a system that allows material to flow out. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-outflow-en-noun-V9yMOksd Categories (other): English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 19 18 14 10 14 13 12
  6. (sewage) Something that flows out of a sewage treatment plant. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-outflow-en-noun-zRi4hWBa Categories (other): English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 19 18 14 10 14 13 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bipolar outflow, circumstellar outflow, galactic outflow, galactic-scale outflow, mass outflow, molecular outflow, outflow boundary

Verb [English]

Forms: outflows [present, singular, third-person], outflowing [participle, present], outflowed [participle, past], outflowed [past]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|outflowen}} Middle English outflowen, {{inh|en|ang|ūtflōwan}} Old English ūtflōwan, {{pre|en|out|flow}} out- + flow Head templates: {{en-verb}} outflow (third-person singular simple present outflows, present participle outflowing, simple past and past participle outflowed)
  1. (intransitive) To flow outward. Tags: intransitive Translations (To flow outward): изтичам (iztičam) (Bulgarian), изливам се (izlivam se) (Bulgarian), εκρέω (ekréo) (Greek), и́стече (ísteče) (Macedonian), се и́злее (se ízlee) (Macedonian), sair (Portuguese), usuy (Quechua)
    Sense id: en-outflow-en-verb-d9m5BmoY Categories (other): English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 19 18 14 10 14 13 12

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "bipolar outflow"
    },
    {
      "word": "circumstellar outflow"
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      "word": "galactic outflow"
    },
    {
      "word": "galactic-scale outflow"
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    {
      "word": "mass outflow"
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      "word": "molecular outflow"
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      "word": "outflow boundary"
    }
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        "The process of flowing out."
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          "ref": "December 2020, Tim Folger, “North America’s most valuable resource is at risk”, in National Geographic:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "A stream of gaseous material emanating from an active galactic nucleus."
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        "The part of a system that allows material to flow out."
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      "glosses": [
        "Something that flows out of a sewage treatment plant."
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      "sense": "process of flowing out",
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      "sense": "process of flowing out",
      "word": "efflux"
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      "sense": "process of flowing out",
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "artahoskʻ",
      "sense": "Process of flowing out",
      "word": "արտահոսք"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "Process of flowing out",
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      "sense": "Process of flowing out",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liúchū",
      "sense": "Process of flowing out",
      "word": "流出"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "Process of flowing out",
      "word": "外流"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Process of flowing out",
      "word": "ulosvirtaus"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "Process of flowing out",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sortie"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Process of flowing out",
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "Process of flowing out",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "εκροή"
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    {
      "alt": "りゅうしゅつ",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ryūshutsu",
      "sense": "Process of flowing out",
      "word": "流出"
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "Process of flowing out",
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      "sense": "Process of flowing out",
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      "sense": "Process of flowing out",
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      "sense": "Process of flowing out",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Process of flowing out",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "saída"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ottók",
      "sense": "Process of flowing out",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отто́к"
    }
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}

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        "To flow outward."
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        "(intransitive) To flow outward."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iztičam",
      "sense": "To flow outward",
      "word": "изтичам"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izlivam se",
      "sense": "To flow outward",
      "word": "изливам се"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "ekréo",
      "sense": "To flow outward",
      "word": "εκρέω"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ísteče",
      "sense": "To flow outward",
      "word": "и́стече"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "se ízlee",
      "sense": "To flow outward",
      "word": "се и́злее"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To flow outward",
      "word": "sair"
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      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "To flow outward",
      "word": "usuy"
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}

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