run-out

noun

  1. 1

    Something that has been run out.

    The freeway guardrail runout around this object is shorter than recommended.
  2. 2

    A run out, a running out. The method of getting out in which a batsman, in making a run, has not reached the popping crease when a fielder breaks his wicket with the ball.

  3. 3

    A relatively flat portion at the end of a ski run to slow down, or to connect trails.

  4. 4

    Slowing down at the end of a ski run, skiing on a runout.

  5. 5

    The end portion of the groove of a phonographic record, after the recorded sound.

  6. 6

    A supposed auction employing shill bidders in order to convince legitimate buyers to purchase worthless articles.

  7. 7

    Deviation of the axis of rotation of a rotating object (especially a milling cutter or workpiece) relative to that object's centerline; the specific amount of deviation.

    We determined that inaccuracy was caused by a large amount of tool runout.

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