underflow
Britishnoun
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another word for undercurrent
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computing a condition that occurs when arithmetic operations produce results too small to store in the available register
Example Sentences
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Compare lost in the underflow, lost in the noise.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
Yasmini lay back on the cushions, drew something out from under one of them, and laughed softly, as if enjoying a deep underflow of secret information.
From Guns of the Gods by Mundy, Talbot
Here the waters lost themselves for many feet in the underflow so common in this land of aimless, uncertain waterways.
From The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas by McCarter, Margaret Hill
From the area of water-bearing gravels found, it was proposed to tap the underflow water at the 630-m. level by an infiltration gallery.
From ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. by Conway, George Robert Graham
A shallow soil over moving water or underflow, such as you might expect from a creek bank, is better.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)
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