An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

In computers, the condition arising when the result of an arithmetic operation exceeds the capacity of the number representation.

Etymology (EN): → over-; → flow.

Etymology (PE): Sarriz, from sar, → head, + riz present stem of rixtan “to flow, to pour” (Mid.Pers. rēxtan and rēcitan “to flow;” Av. raēk- “to leave, set free; to yield, transfer,” infinitive *ricyā; Mod.Pers; rig in morderig “heritage” (literally, “left by the dead”); cf. Skt. rinakti “he leaves,” riti- “stream; motion, course;” L. rivus “stream, brook;” Old Church Slavic rēka “river;” Rus. reka “river;” Goth. rinnan “run, flow,” rinno “brook;” O.E. ridh “stream”).