flowage

flow·age  (flj)

n.

1. The act of flowing or overflowing.

2.

a. The state of being flooded.

b. A body of water, such as a lake or reservoir, formed by usually deliberate flooding.

3. An outflow or overflow.

4. The gradual plastic deformation of a solid body, as by heat.

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flowage [ˈfləʊɪdʒ]

n

1. the act of flowing or overflowing or the state of having overflowed

2. the liquid that flows or overflows

3. (Physics / General Physics) a gradual deformation or motion of certain solids, such as asphalt, which flow without fracture

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flowage - gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat); "rock fracture and rock flowage are different types of geological deformation" flow - any uninterrupted stream or discharge
	2.	flowage - a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area; "many campsites were located near the flowage" body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"
	3.	flowage - the act of flooding; filling to overflowing flood filling - the act of filling something