flow has definitions from the fields of biology,medicine
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[ noun ] the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

Synonyms

flowing

Used in print

(Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)

The dependence of the arc voltage upon the mass flow velocity of the transpirating gas was investigated for various arc lengths and currents between 100 Amp and 200 Amp .

Qualitative observations were made and high-speed motion_pictures were taken to study flow phenomena in the arc at various mass flow velocities .

Qualitative observations were made and high-speed motion_pictures were taken to study flow phenomena in the arc at various mass flow velocities .

Hence , the flow conditions at the anode of free_burning arcs resemble those near a stagnation point .

The gas flow through a plasma generator will modify these conditions ; however , the anode is still the part receiving the largest heat flux .

2
[ verb ] move or progress freely as if in a stream

Synonyms

flux

Examples

"The crowd flowed out of the stadium"

Used in print

(Mr. America, 4:6...)

This gives a wide flare to the pecs , causing them to flow dramatically upward into deltoids and dramatically downward into the serratus and lats .

(Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)

`` See , Argiento , if you control the way these folds are bunched , like this , or made to flow , you can enrich the body attitudes .

Related terms

move ripple transpire sluice flux

3
[ verb ] move along, of liquids

Synonyms

run feed course

Examples

"Water flowed into the cave" "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

Used in print

(The New York Times,...)

His first shot in the Open last year landed in a brook that flowed along the right side of the fairway .

(Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)

The heat transfer to the anode in free_burning arcs is enhanced by a hot gas_jet flowing from the cathode towards the anode with velocities up **f .

(Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)

There is one exception to the above statement as has been pointed_out , and that is that fluids can relax by flowing into fields of lower rates of shear , so the statement should be modified by stating that the mechanics are similar .

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

Adam watched the moisture flow from the poncho .

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[ noun ] the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

Used in print

(Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)

The argon flow from commercial bottles was regulated by a pressure regulator and measured with a gas flow rator .

(Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)

The sewage flow into the treatment plant was metered and continuously recorded on 24 - hr charts .

A single 24 - hr composite sample indicated that the sewage flow pattern and characteristics were typical .

With the spring rains the flow rose rapidly due_to infiltration in open sewers .

Related terms

rate cardiac_output

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[ noun ] the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

Synonyms

stream

Used in print

(Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)

With lower levels , thyroid hypertrophy and increased thyroid blood flow enable the thyroid to accumulate a larger proportion of the daily intake of iodine .

(Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)

Capital flows must be coordinated with national needs and planning .

Related terms

motion flood spill run stream

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[ noun ] any uninterrupted stream or discharge

Used in print

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

True , the pattern and flow of the drama have strong literary qualities that are a_bit wearisome in the first_half , before Don_Quixote goes to the duke 's court .

(Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)

The quantity of water flow may be critical ; a stream or pond which is attractive in the springtime may become stagnant or dry in late summer .

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[ noun ] dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

Synonyms

stream current

Examples

: "two streams of development run through American history" "stream of consciousness" "the flow of thought" "the current of history"

Used in print

(Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)

Interruptions came largely from the bench , which numerous times rebuked the Attorney_General for letting his witnesses run on , though it , too , made no serious effort to choke_off the flow .

Related terms

course

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[ verb ] cause to flow

Examples

"The artist flowed the washes on the paper"

Used in print

(Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)

From this point , I paint in as direct a manner as possible , by flowing on the washes with as pure a color mixture as I can manage .

Related terms

run

9
[ noun ] something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously

Synonyms

stream

Examples

"a stream of people emptied from the terminal" "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"

Used in print

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

At_once my ears were drowned by a flow of what I took_to_be Spanish , but - the driver 's white teeth flashing at me , the road wildly veering beyond his glistening hair , beyond his gesticulating bottle - it could have been the purest Oxford_English I was half hearing ; I would n't have known the difference .

Related terms

motion

10
[ verb ] cover or swamp with water

Related terms

flood lap flowage

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[ verb ] fall or flow in a certain way

Synonyms

hang fall

Examples

"This dress hangs well" "Her long black hair flowed down her back"

Related terms

hang

12
[ verb ] undergo menstruation

Synonyms

menstruate

Examples

"She started menstruating at the age of 11"

Related terms

shed_blood ovulate

13
[ verb ] be abundantly present

Examples

"The champagne flowed at the wedding"

Related terms

exist

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[ noun ] (biology,medicine) the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

Examples

"the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation" "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates

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