Throwoff
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of throw-off.; Income minus expenses and depreciation
"Adding to his depreciation of $750,000, he would have a cash throwoff of $1,100,000."
- 2 Alternative form of throw-off.; Control for disengaging a mechanism
"The impression throwoff lever and starting and stopping buttons are similar to those found on the other presses."
- 3 Alternative form of throw-off.; Deflection of a projectile
"We can use the analogy of a vacuum trajectory to examine the lateral throwoff effect generated by either a static or a dynamic imbalance."
- 4 Alternative form of throw-off.; Something off-the-cuff
"In talking to them they will drop another name and we will check that one throwoff."
- 5 Alternative form of throw-off.; The act of flinging off
"Figure 5.40b shows the case of a dam produced by two delayed throwoff blasts in one slope; the upper charge (or row) is fired first and the lower one within a certain interval."
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- 6 Alternative form of throw-off.; Something thrown off
"Assuming a bloody instrument being swung in an arc, can you tell us what you mean by weapon throwoff and what causes it?"
- 7 Alternative form of throw-off.; Incidental creation
"Is it your understanding that genetic damage by radiation so increases the balance that it would upset the throwoff rate established naturally?"
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More examples"Adding to his depreciation of $750,000, he would have a cash throwoff of $1,100,000."
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