Definition: outflow

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

outflow
     n 1: the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they
          tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe";
          "he had to clean up the leak" [syn: escape, leak, leakage]
     2: the process of flowing out [syn: effluence, efflux]
        [ant: inflow, inflow]
     3: a natural flow of ground water [syn: spring, fountain, outpouring,
         natural spring]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Outflow \Out"flow`\, n.
   A flowing out; efflux.
Outflow \Out*flow"\, v. i.
   To flow out. --Campbell.