underflow

Example Sentences

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The water is almost wholly taken from the rivers, but underflow is also utilized, especially in San Luis Park.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

Yasmini lay back on the cushions, drew something out from under one of them, and laughed softly, as if enjoying a deep underflow of secret information.

From Guns of the Gods by Mundy, Talbot

Though powerful to check, she ne'er could change The underflow and current of their life.

From Under King Constantine by Trask, Katrina

Here the waters lost themselves for many feet in the underflow so common in this land of aimless, uncertain waterways.

From The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas by McCarter, Margaret Hill

Though popular among hackers, it is not confined to hackerdom; physicists, engineers, astronomers, and statisticians all use it. :lost in the underflow: adj.

From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Raymond, Eric S.