flow
flow - English
Pronunciation
Noun
flow (countable and uncountable, plural flows)
- Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
- The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
- (mathematics) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.
- The notion of flow is basic to the study of ordinary differential equations.
- The rising movement of the tide.
- Smoothness or continuity.
- The room was small, but it had good symmetry and flow.
- The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.
- Turn on the valve and make sure you have sufficient flow.
- Other devices measure water flow in streams fed by melted ice.
- A flow pipe, carrying liquid away from a boiler or other central plant (compare with return pipe which returns fluid to central plant).
- (psychology) A mental state characterized by concentration, focus and enjoyment of a given task.
- The emission of blood during menstruation.
- Tampons can be small or large, slender or thick. From “slender” to “super”, you can pick the size that matches your flow.
- (rap music slang) The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat.
- The production on his new mixtape is mediocre but his flow is on point.
- (software) The sequence of steps taken in a piece of software to perform some action.
- login flow
- search flow
Synonyms
- (continuity): See also continuity
Antonyms
- (movement of the tide): ebb
- (continuity): See also discontinuity
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- air flow
- blood flow
- cash flow
- cerebral blood flow
- data flow
- data flow diagram
- ebb and flow
- Fanno flow
- flow-on
- flow-on effect
- flow battery
- flow blue
- flow cell
- flow chart
- flowchart
- flow control
- flow cytometer
- flow cytometry
- flow diagram
- flow field
- flowmeter
- flow motion
- flow on effect
- flow production
- flow variable
- free cash flow
- freeflow
- gene flow
- go with the flow
- Hubble flow
- hyperpycnal flow
- in full flow
- isentropic flow
- isocratic flow
- Knudsen flow
- laminar flow
- laminar flow hood
- lateral flow test
- mass flow
- off-flow
- overflow
- page flow
- peak flow
- peak flow meter
- plastic flow
- pyroclastic flow
- return flow
- Ricci flow
- single-flow
- transverse flow effect
- turbulent flow
- wake flow
- water flow
Translations
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Verb
flow (third-person singular simple present flows, present participle flowing, simple past and past participle flowed)
- (intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
- Rivers flow from springs and lakes.
- Tears flow from the eyes.
- (intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth.
- Wealth flows from industry and economy.
- (intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
- The writing is grammatically correct, but it just doesn't flow.
- (intransitive) To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
- (intransitive) To hang loosely and wave.
- a flowing mantle
- flowing locks
- (intransitive) To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
- The tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.
- (transitive, computing) To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow.
- (transitive) To allow (a liquid) to flow.
- (transitive) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
- (transitive) To cover with varnish.
- (intransitive) To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.
Derived terms
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Noun
flow (plural flows)
Anagrams
flow - French
Noun
flow m (plural flows)
flow - Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈflou/ [ˈflou̯]
Noun
flow m
- (colloquial) flow (the ability to rap skillfully)
- (colloquial, uncommon) flow (as in go with the flow)
- ir con el flow ― go with the flow