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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Report of the special agent in charge of the artesian and underflow investigations, and of the irrigation inquiry.
From United States Government Publications, v. 8 Jan-Jun 1892 A Monthly Catalog by Compiled
This underflow is very characteristic of that part of the State, where it is said, there are many lost rivers flowing beneath the surface, adding one more to the list of Kansas phenomena.
From Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street by Street, Julian
Its current, unripplingly smooth, but dimpled ever, and wrinkled with the whirls that mark an underflow deep and shady, bore on our bark.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various
She studied rather their common turn of phrase, its heights and its hollows, its exquisite illogic, its passionate underflow of poetry.
From Old and New Masters by Lynd, Robert
Node:lost in the noise, Next:lost in the underflow, Previous:lossage, Up:= L = lost in the noise adj.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
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