Underflow

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Solar Energy

The movement of groundwater through the soil or a subsurface stratum, or under a structure; specifically, the water flowing beneath the bed of a stream, in the same direction, but much more slowly, especially in a dry stream channel in an arid region.

Science

Water

The lateral motion of water through the upper layers until it enters a stream channel. This usually takes longer to reach stream channels than runoff. This also called subsurface storm flow.

Science

Weather

The lateral motion of water through the upper layers until it enters a stream channel. This usually takes longer to reach stream channels than runoff. This also called subsurface storm flow.

Technology

Telecommunications

In computing, a condition occurring when a machine calculation produces a non-zero result that is smaller than the smallest non-zero quantity that the machine's storage unit is capable of storing or representing.

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