OUTFLOWING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outflowing mean? 

• OUTFLOWING (adjective)
  The adjective OUTFLOWING has 1 sense:

1. that is flowing outward

  Familiarity information: OUTFLOWING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTFLOWING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

That is flowing outward

Synonyms:

effluent; outflowing

Similar:

outgoing (leaving a place or a position)

 Context examples 

When the outflowing gas collides with previously ejected gas from other stars, the collisions produce shock waves, similar to sonic booms, which permeate the area.

(Scientists Take Viewers to the Center of the Milky Way, NASA)

Scientists are still striving for a solid theoretical understanding of how gas being pulled into black holes creates outflowing jets.

(The Giant Galaxy Around the Giant Black Hole, NASA)