spillover
IPA: spˈɪɫoʊvɝ
noun
- That which overflows; the excess or side effect.
- (epidemiology) The spread of infectious disease between different species of animal and particularly to humans.
spill over
IPA: spˈɪɫˈoʊvɝ
verb
- to enter into another zone by way of accident or overcrowding; to overflow
- (intransitive) (of an infectious disease) to spread from one species of animal to another and particularly to humans
- (intransitive) (of a bad emotion, situation, etc.) to reach a climax
Examples of "spillover" in Sentences
- Spillover of on going debate on Cherokee.
- First, spillover effects must be bilateral.
- The spillover from Colombia's civil strife.
- This is a spillover from the Ezhava article.
- This, in turn, had positive spillover effects.
- In others it is merely spillover from that attitude.
- And it's really just spillover from an edit dispute.
- They were in the spillover credits and labeled first.
- And there would be a spillover to other areas of biography.
- It's both about the current showdowns and the long-term spillover.
- Hydrogen spillover is the most common example of adsorptive spillover.
- Up next, what they call the spillover, the victims here, an American family abducted in Mexico.
- Up next what they call the spillover -- the victims here, an American family abducted in Mexico.
- Even so, the show probably will get a ratings boost, if only as a curiosity spillover from the British version's discovery of Susan Boyle.
- We tend to differentiate between what we call spillover effects and spill-in pressures -- spillover effects and spill-in pressures that are linked.
- The war began in 1996, with three main causes: the collapse of the Zairian state after 32 years of misrule; the spillover from the Rwandan genocide with a million refugees …
- Also, there is a big difference between the dangers of the spillover from the Mexican drug trade (which does happen in Arizona) and the day-to-day lives of most undocumented migrants, who have nothing to do with that.
- While the imagery and description of the crimes are always very vivid, the real sense of risk to El Pasoans can seem murky, particularly when reading over the debate of the term spillover, which is considered either an imminent threat to the American public or a reality that has been faced by the United States portion of the illegal drug industry for years.
Examples of "spill-over" in Sentences
- The spill-over from the Horseshoe Bar, Siobhan knew—and as incongruous as they looked, she also knew it was ever thus on match days.
- The Canadian and American economies' high level of interconnectivity means that developments on one side of the border will have spill-over effects across the border.
- That same operative made the case that there would be good spill-over news coverage in neighboring Pennsylvania, where Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Penn) is hoping to make inroads in his own Senate race.
- Mr. Carney said European authorities could reduce the spill-over of deleveraging by having their banks meet at least part of the new requirements through private capital, including so-called contingent capital, an idea championed by Canada.
- This "spill-over" effect of games means that young people who identify strongly as gamers have real-world talents and strengths that will indoubtedly serve the well in the future -- if they understand that these are real skills and abilities, not just virtual ones.