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underflow

Pronunciation: /ˈʌndəfləʊ/
Definition of underflow

noun

  • 1an undercurrent: the powerful underflow around the wreck
  • a horizontal flow of water through the ground, especially beneath a riverbed.
  • 2 [mass noun] Computing the generation of a number that is too small to be represented in the device meant to store it.

underflow in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of underflow in the US English dictionary
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