flow

About 87.68 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
2. noun The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
3. noun 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.

4. noun The rising movement of the tide.
5. noun Smoothness or continuity.

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

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

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

7. noun A flow pipe, carrying liquid away from a boiler or other central plant (compare with return pipe which returns fluid to central plant).
8. noun A mental state characterized by concentration, focus, and enjoyment of a given task.

Similar words

current hang fall stream run period course menses menstruation catamenia

Often followed by

of in and rate from is through to into

Word family

flowed flowing flows