Flow

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Contents

• 1 Science and technology
  • 1.1 Relating to the movement of material
  • 1.2 Mathematics
  • 1.3 Computer science
  • 1.4 Other uses in science and technology
• 2 Entertainment
• 3 Other
• 4 See also

Flow may refer to:

Science and technology

Relating to the movement of material

• Fluid dynamics, or fluid flow, the motion of a gas or liquid
• Environmental flow, the amount of water necessary in a watercourse to maintain a healthy ecosystem
• Flow chemistry, a chemical reaction run in a continuous stream
• Flow cytometry, a technique for counting, examining and sorting microscopic particles suspended in a stream of fluid
• Mass flow rate, the movement of mass per time
• Traffic flow, the study of interactions between vehicles, drivers, and infrastructure
• Volumetric flow rate, the volume of a fluid which passes through a given surface per unit of time

Mathematics

• Flow (mathematics), a variable that depends on time
• Flow network, a directed graph where each edge receives a flow
• Signal-flow graph, a graphical means of showing the relations among the variables of a set of linear algebraic relations

Computer science

• Packet flow, the flow of packets over a computer network.
• Control flow, or flow of control of an imperative or functional computer program
• Control flow diagram, describing a business process or computer program
• Dataflow, computing term related to the flow of messages between software components
• Data flow diagram, describing the flow of messages between software components
• Calligra Flow, diagramming and flowcharting application, part of the Calligra Suite.
• Traffic flow (computer networking), flow of packets from a source to a destination
• Flow to HDL, tools and methods convert flow-based system design into a hardware description language
• webMethods Flow, a graphical programming language used in the webMethods Integration Server

Other uses in science and technology

• Flow (psychology), a psychological state where a person is fully immersed and focused on an activity or task
• Flow diagram, with multiple meanings
• Flowchart, a visual representation of procedural programming
• Functional flow block diagram, in systems engineering
• Signal flow, in wave propagation, the path a signal takes from source to output
• Stock and flow, in economics and finance, a quantity measured over an interval of time
• Workflow, a repeatable pattern of activity, usually involving multiple tasks with a specific set of outcomes

Entertainment

• Flow (television), the sequencing of TV material from one element to the next
• "Flow", a song by Transister
• Flow (Foetus album)
• Flow (Terence Blanchard album)
• Flow (Conception album)
• Flow (band), a Japanese rock group
• Flow (journal), an online journal of television and media studies
• Flow: For Love of Water, a documentary
• Flow (rapping), the delivery of a rap music vocal performance, defined by prosody, cadence, and speed
• Flow (video game), a video game by ThatGameCompany
• CFXJ-FM, known as "The New FLOW 93.5", a radio station in Toronto, Canada
• Flow (1996 film), 1996 American/Canadian film directed by Quentin Lee

Other

• Flow (policy debate), a form of note-taking in policy debate
• Cash flow, the movement of cash into or out of a business, project, or financial product

See also

• All pages beginning with "Flow"
• All pages with titles containing "Flow"
• Flo (disambiguation)
• Stream (disambiguation)

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Noun

flow (countable and uncountable; plural flows)

1. The movement of a fluid.
2. The rising movement of the tide.
3. Smoothness or continuity.

   The room was small, but it had good symmetry and flow.

4. The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.

   Turn on the valve and make sure you have sufficient flow.

5. (psychology) the state of being at one with.

Antonyms

• (movement of the tide): ebb

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