OUTFLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outflow mean? 

• OUTFLOW (noun)
  The noun OUTFLOW has 3 senses:

1. the discharge of a fluid from some container

2. the process of flowing out

3. a natural flow of ground water

  Familiarity information: OUTFLOW used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTFLOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The discharge of a fluid from some container

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

escape; leak; leakage; outflow

Context example:

he had to clean up the leak

Hypernyms ("outflow" is a kind of...):

discharge; outpouring; run (the pouring forth of a fluid)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The process of flowing out

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

effluence; efflux; outflow

Hypernyms ("outflow" is a kind of...):

flow (any uninterrupted stream or discharge)

Antonym:

inflow (the process of flowing in)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A natural flow of ground water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

fountain; natural spring; outflow; outpouring; spring

Hypernyms ("outflow" is a kind of...):

formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outflow"):

Fountain of Youth (a fountain described in folk tales as able to make people young again)

geyser (a spring that discharges hot water and steam)

hot spring; thermal spring (a natural spring of water at a temperature of 70 F or above)

 Context examples 

In addition, angiotensin II-mediated aldosterone secretion by adrenal cortex is decreased, which results in a decrease of sodium retention and an increase in water outflow.

(Fosinopril, NCI Thesaurus)

The reduction in sympathetic outflow leads to decreased peripheral vascular resistance, decreased blood pressure, and decreased heart rate.

(Clonidine, NCI Thesaurus)

The Sun releases a continuous outflow of particles and radiation called the solar wind.

(NASA Mission Reveals Origins of Moon's 'Sunburn', NASA)

Enalaprilat also decreases angiotensin II-induced aldosterone secretion by the adrenal cortex, which leads to an increase in sodium excretion and subsequently increases water outflow.

(Enalaprilat Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)

When administered directly to eyes, apraclonidine hydrochloride enhances aqueous humor outflow and decreases aqueous production by vasoconstriction.

(Apraclonidine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Cilazaprilat also decreases angiotensin II-induced aldosterone secretion by the adrenal cortex, which leads to an increase in sodium excretion and subsequently increases water outflow.

(Cilazapril Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)

Delapril also decreases angiotensin II-induced aldosterone secretion by the adrenal cortex, which leads to an increase in sodium excretion and subsequently increases water outflow.

(Delapril, NCI Thesaurus)

A outflow valve designed to quickly empty a system.

(Dump Valve Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

The more isolated star launches faster "jets," or outflows of material that slam into the gas and dust around it.

(Loneliest Young Star Seen by Spitzer and WISE, NASA)

They also argue that with the planet so close to a star, a thin atmosphere would be stripped away by the star's intense radiation and outflow of material (often called stellar winds).

(A Rare Look at a Rocky Exoplanet's Surface, NASA)