runout

Plural: runouts

Noun

• Something that has been run out.
• The method of getting out (dismissed from play) in which a batsman, in making a run, has not reached the popping crease when a fielder breaks his wicket with the ball.
• A relatively flat portion at the end of a ski run to slow down, or to connect trails.
• Slowing down at the end of a ski run, skiing on a runout.
• The end portion of the groove of a phonographic record, after the recorded sound.
• A supposed auction employing shill bidders in order to convince legitimate buyers to purchase worthless articles.
• Deviation of the axis of rotation of a rotating object (especially a milling cutter or workpiece) relative to that object's centerline; the specific amount of deviation.

Examples

• "The freeway guardrail runout around this object is shorter than recommended."
• "The landslide had a long runout."
• "We determined that inaccuracy was caused by a large amount of tool runout."