Washout (disambiguation)
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Washout
Washout
A washout is the sudden erosion of soft soil or other support surfaces by a gush of water, usually occurring during a heavy downpour of rain or other stream flooding. These downpours may occur locally in a thunderstorm , or over a large area, such as following the landfall of a tropical cyclone...

is the erosion of a soft surface by a gush of water.

Washout may also refer to:
  • Washout (aviation)
    Washout (aviation)
    Washout refers to a feature of wing design to deliberately reduce the lift distribution across the span of the wing of an aircraft. The wing is designed so that angle of incidence is higher at the wing roots and decreases across the span, becoming lowest at the wing tip...

    , the practice of building a wing with a twist from root to tip
  • Washout (comics)
    Washout (comics)
    Washout was a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Universe of comics. The character first appeared in a one-page cameo in X-Force vol...

    , a mutant character in the Marvel Comics universe
  • "Washout", a song by The Fallout Trust
    The Fallout Trust
    The Corrections are an English indie band, signed to EMI, formed in 2001 and based in Dalston, East London. The band were formerly known as The Fallout Trust...

  • Washed Out
    Washed Out
    Washed Out is the stage name of the American chillwave musician Ernest Greene .-Career:In June 2009, Greene graduated with a Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of South Carolina and was unable to find a job as a librarian...

    , the stage name of chillwave musician Ernest Greene
  • The well drilling
    Well drilling
    Well drilling is the process of drilling a hole in the ground for the extraction of a natural resource such as ground water, natural gas, or petroleum...

     process for enlarging a drill hole in an oil well
  • A term for a sporting event cancelled due to rain; see Rainout (sports)
  • An alternate name for a Run-in period
    Run-in period
    Run-in period is a period before a clinical trial is commenced when no treatment is given. The clinical data from this stage of a trial are only occasionally of value but can serve a valuable role in screening out ineligible or non-compliant participants, in ensuring that participants are in a...

    , a common phase in clinical research
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