underflow
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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 Talbot Mundy
Such a paddle it was, too, over the coral, the surf breaking far above our heads, and the underflow, though only a few inches deep, nearly carrying me and the children off our legs!
From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Annie Brassey
Compare lost in the underflow, lost in the noise.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
Though popular among hackers, it is not confined to hackerdom; physicists, engineers, astronomers, and statisticians all use it. :lost in the underflow: /adj./
From The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 by Eric S. Raymond
This is driven by an underflow of current.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
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