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Definition of Runoffs
1. runoff [n] - See also: runoff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Runoffs
Literary usage of Runoffs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Water Quality Indicators Guide: Surface Waters by Charles R. Terrell (1993)
"Monitoring has shown that manure solids in late-February and early-March runoffs
can be ten times more concentrated than summer rain-storm runoffs (réf. ..."
2. The City: Urban Communities and Their Problems by Alan S. Berger (1978)
"... by various wastes—municipal sewage, industrial discharges, urban storm runoffs,
and runoffs from agricultural land on which pesticides have been used. ..."
3. Technical Reports by Miami Conservancy District (Ohio), Miami Conservancy District (Ohio (1920)
"For runoffs of short duration, the Huffman and Taylorsville basins will be seen
... Since they control large drainage areas, the most rapid runoffs are not ..."
4. The Russians of To-day by Eustace Clare Grenville Murray (1878)
"We do not say there is anything of feminine jealousy in this, though the runoffs,
who own the neighbouring estate, are well known to be intriguers, who, ..."
5. Technical Reports by Miami Conservancy District (Ohio) (1917)
"This explains why in the diagram the 4, 5. and 6-day runoffs are shown to fill
this basin to maximum stage sooner than the other three. ..."
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