Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or an instance of fleeing so as to evade undesirable consequences.
- noun The area where one curved surface merges with another.
- noun The act or an instance of expiring or having expired.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Something that has been
run out . - noun cricket A
run out , a running out. The method of getting out in which abatsman , in making a run, has not reached thepopping crease when afielder breaks hiswicket with theball . - noun engineering The
location control of afilleted surface tangent to acircular feature along itsinner edge .
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Examples
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The runout was an iced snowmobile track, more like a luge course than a ski slope.
The Seattle Times 2011
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I hope they have a runout session on "Civility in American Politics," but then, probably none of them would understand the concept.
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Did you criticize the Bush Administration for cutting NASA's budget runout after Griffin was appointed?
White House (OMB) Responds to House Cuts to NASA's Budget - NASA Watch 2009
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Please note that if the funding for Keck had been identified in the budget runout for the period beyond the current contract (2012 and beyond) in the 2009 budget plan, SMD leadership would be said to have "prejudged" the outcome of the Senior Review.
Weiler Seeks to Cut NASA Access to Keck Observatory - NASA Watch 2009
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If sufficient funds to enable continuation of Keck and other extended missions aren't in the budget runout (usually in some obliquely worded line item, such as "unallocated mission operations"), then the general call to arms may be more appropriate.
Weiler Seeks to Cut NASA Access to Keck Observatory - NASA Watch 2009
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More: "In the budget runout from FY09's enacted budget thru FY13 (the last year of the Bush Administration's budget), NASA's Science account (including Earth Science), INCREASES $1.224 billion while NASA's Exploration account DECREASES $3.02 billion due to the elimination of funding for the heavy-lift Ares 5 development and the Altair Lunar Lander (the budget maintains ~$25 million a year to be used for" studies ")."
Insight via Twitter into NASA Appropriations logic (or lack thereof) - NASA Watch 2009
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IIRC, I asked him then what happens when all the coulours runout ....
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IIRC, I asked him then what happens when all the coulours runout....
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Typical gulf coast beach with brown sand and a real gradual runout.
Should I be nervous? 2008
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Typical gulf coast beach with brown sand and a real gradual runout.
Should I be nervous? 2008
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