Outflowing

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of something flowing out.

    "We are accustomed to connect the death of Christ with the outflowings of His mercy[…]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    flowing out not-comparable

    "Down over the headland, they came on a rock-strewn space of beach, and from that to the open sand-bar, still glistening from the outflowing tide, that blocked the sea's entrance to the lagoon."

Adjective
  1. 1
    that is flowing outward wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
outgoingdefluxiondischargedraindrainageeffluence

Example

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"The instrument, known as the Solar Wind Anisotropies, or SWAN, maps the constantly outflowing solar wind in interplanetary space by focusing on a wavelength of ultraviolet light emitted by hydrogen atoms."

Etymology

From out- + flowing.

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