underflow

Example Sentences

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However, here, as in the Chaco, there is an underflow, which the Indians know how to utilize and from which they can always obtain a sufficient supply of potable water.

From Navaho Houses, pages 469-518 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898 by Mindeleff, Cosmos

This underflow is very characteristic of that part of the State, where it is said, there are many lost rivers flowing beneath the surface, adding one more to the list of Kansas phenomena.

From Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street by Street, Julian

Presumably your rainfall is too small for fruit unless you strike underflow below the hardpan.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)

And yet behind that apparent incredulity in his voice and manner David sensed the deep underflow of another thing.

From The Flaming Forest by Curwood, James Oliver

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.