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overspill::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | move, relocation |
Examples of overspill
overspill
You can tell the Dingles have won one by all the overspill on here this morning.
From the expressandstar.com
Many people were moved to overspill estates and new towns on the edge of the city.
From the guardian.co.uk
A huge overspill estate was built at the back of Patchway Estate in the mid-1960s.
From the en.wikipedia.org
They are the overspill from London's pubs, which have been filling up since midday.
From the economist.com
It is London's official overspill town, with quick rail and road links to the capital.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Housing couldn't cope and shanty towns and squatter camps accommodated the overspill.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
The overspill audience have to make do with a video link in the cafeteria.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
In Northampton the older accent has been influenced by overspill Londoners.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Later overspill estates were built in Over ward, which was named Longridge.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- The relocation of people from overcrowded cities; they are accommodated in new houses or apartments in smaller towns
- Overflow: the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
- In non-standard analysis, a branch of mathematics, overspill (referred to as overflow by Goldblatt (1998, p. 129)) is a widely used proof technique. It is based on the fact that the set of standard natural numbers N is not an internal subset of the internal set *N of hypernatural numbers.
- In human geography, those people who settle in a location beyond the boundaries of an urban area into which they tried to settle but could not find appropriate residences.
