crossflow

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noun

A crosswise flow.

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Meanings

nouncrossflow (plural crossflows)

plural crossflows

  1. A crosswise flow.
verbcrossflow (third-person singular simple present crossflows, present participle crossflowing, simple past and past participle crossflowed)

present singular third person crossflows · participle present crossflowing · participle past crossflowed · past crossflowed

  1. To flow across, or in a contrary direction.

    his cross-flowing course

    Comus

    1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC

Origin

From cross- + flow.

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APA

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MLA

“crossflow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossflow. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crossflow,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossflow.

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