washoff

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Etymology

Deverbal from wash off.

Noun

washoff (countable and uncountable, plural washoffs)

  1. The process of material being washed off a surface, for example by rainfall.
    • 1976, Anthony S. Donigian (Jr.), Norman H. Crawford, Modeling Pesticides and Nutrients on Agricultural Lands (page 41)
      After application, herbicides persist in the soil until they are degraded to less harmful compounds or are removed from the soil by washoff or leaching.
  2. Material transferred by this process.