Runoff vs Waterdischarge - What's the difference?
runoff | waterdischarge |
That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water.
A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated,
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, year=2012
, date=April 23
, author=Angelique Chrisafis
, title=François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election
, work=the Guardian
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(wikipedia runoff)Alternative forms
* run-offNoun
- The runoff of nitrates is poisoning the lake.
- There will now be a runoff as neither front runner received more than 50% of the vote.
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