Look up: runoff

1. Runoff
   When liquids (such as in watering an area of ground or a fast rain) washes off quickly a run off is created. Often pesticides and fertilizers are washed into waterways from lawn and garden runoff.
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2. runoff
   That part of precipitation, snowmelt, or irrigation water that flows from the land to streams or other surface waters.
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3. runoff
   [n] - a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner
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4. Runoff
   A general term applying to water which for many reasons remains on the surface of land and flows to the lowest point possibly causing erosion or leaching in the process.
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5. runoff
   1.portion of total precipitation from a given area that appears in natural or artificial surface streams 2.also the total quantity of runoff during a specified period 3.the discharge of water in surface streams above a particular point Category: The cosmos • Water flowing on or below the...
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6. runoff
   Delayed part of the angiographic examination of a vascular bed, to show small artery patency. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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7. runoff
   noun a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner
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8. runoff
   in hydrology, quantity of water discharged in surface streams. Runoff includes not only the waters that travel over the land surface and through ... [14 related articles]
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9. Runoff
   Used for listed equity securities. Series of trades printed on the ticker tape that occur on the NYSE before 4:00 p.m., but are not reported until afterwards due to heavy trading that makes the tape late.
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10. Runoff
    Trades that are executed on the NYSE before close, but are not reported until later due to heavy trading. Discover What It`s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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11. Runoff
    The topographic flow of water from precipitation to stream channels located at lower elevations. Occurs when the infiltration capacity of an area's soil has been exceeded. It also refers to the water leaving an area of drainage. Also called overland flow.
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12. Runoff
    The movement of water across the earth's surface or just beneath the surface coming from liquid precipitation or the melting of ice/snow. Runoff ultimately reaches stream channels, rivers, lakes, or seas unless it is evaporated or taken up by the biosphere.
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13. RUNOFF
    Water that is shed during and after rain, which does not soak into the ground.
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14. runoff
    Type: Term Pronunciation: rŭn′awf Definitions: 1. Delayed part of the angiographic examination of a vascular bed, to show small artery patency.
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15. Runoff
    (program) `runoff` was the text formatting program on the Multics operating system. It was a descendant of the RUNOFF type-setting program from CTSS and was originally written by Jerome H. Saltzer. Bob Morris and Doug McIlroy translated that from MAD assembler to BCPL; they then moved the BCP...
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