downflown.
/ˈdaʊnfləʊ/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌfloʊ/ The flow of something in a downward direction; a downward flow or current.
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1770 J. Dove Strictures Agric. 25 Tho' this down-flow exceeds all the channels of the sea, it descends in a dead silence.
1844 J. Kitto Pict. Hist. Palestine II. iv. 97/2 An explosion from sudden ignition—rather than mere submersion by the continuous downflow of burning matter.
1887 Good Words 28 758 The downflow of air.
1928 Times 16 Jan. 8/4 As the surface water drifts away from the Equator there is a slow welling up of cold water from the depths;..in high latitudes there are downflows.
1991 D. Rowe Wanting Everything (1994) 367 If neither of these outlets are used, there's a downflow through the central nervous system into the immune system.
2010 M. Sanjou et al. in G. C. Christodoulou & A. I. Stamou Environmental Hydraulics I. 482 The continuity of fluid induces a downflow and an upflow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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