spillover
Noun
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Noun
spillover
- That which overflows; the excess or side effect.
- The spillover from the dam due to the heavy rains will run down this channel and harmlessly dump into that river, we hope.
- The spillover from this war will be many little massacres of civilians by civilians.
- (epidemiology) The spread of infectious disease between different species of animal and particularly to humans.
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