FLOW
Noun 1
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. quotations ▼
- (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. quotations ▼
- 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.
The production on his new mixtape is mediocre but his flow is on point.
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Synonyms
- (continuity): See also Thesaurus:continuity
Antonyms
- (movement of the tide): ebb
- (continuity): See also Thesaurus:discontinuity
Hyponyms
- airflow
- antiflow
- dark flow
- downflow
- inflow
- lava flow
- midflow
- onflow
- outflow
- overflow
- postflow
- preflow
- reflow
- subflow
- upflow
Noun
flow (plural flows)
References
- “flow, *n.^2.*”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - “flow, v., n.^1” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
