outflight
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English outflight, out fliȝt, equivalent to out- + flight. Cognate with Dutch uitvlucht (“evasion, excuse”), German Ausflucht (“escape”), Swedish utflykt (“excursion”).
Noun[edit]
outflight (countable and uncountable, plural outflights)
- The act or process of flying out.
- Antonym: inflight
- 1979, Hugh H. Genoways, Robert J. Baker, Biological Investigations in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas:
- He did not report whether any bats remained in the roost after the outflight.
- The act or process of fleeing.
- Outward movement or exiting.
- 1990, André Fargeix, Elisabeth Sadoulet, A Financial Computable General Equilibrium Model for the Analysis of Ecuador's Stabilization Programs:
- Inflation increases capital outflight which diminishes the availability of funds for domestic investment.