underflow
/ (ˈʌndəˌfləʊ) /
another word for undercurrent
computing a condition that occurs when arithmetic operations produce results too small to store in the available register
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How to use underflow in a sentence
Here the waters lost themselves for many feet in the underflow so common in this land of aimless, uncertain waterways.
The Price of the Prairie | Margaret Hill McCarterIt is filled to the brim with sand, however, and through the sand is an underflow.
Life and Adventures of 'Billy' Dixon | Billy DixonIn the wildest waters they say there is a calm underflow,—maybe the lad has found it and is glad to sleep.
Thelma | Marie CorelliFrom the area of water-bearing gravels found, it was proposed to tap the underflow water at the 630-m.
ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico | George Robert Graham ConwayThe general scheme for tapping this underflow was to drive a main gallery at the 560-m.
ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico | George Robert Graham Conway
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