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flow

The correct spelling is flow.

How to pronounce flow

/fləʊ/
noun

IPA: /fləʊ/

Say it like: Flo-w

The correct spelling is flow. A movement in people or things with a particular way in large numbers or amounts For example: "The notion of flow is basic to the study of ordinary differential equations."

Usage Examples

The notion of flow is basic to the study of ordinary differential equations.

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

Other devices measure water flow in streams fed by melted ice.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A movement in people or things with a particular way in large numbers or amounts
  2. 2.The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
  3. 3.A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.
  4. 4.The rising movement of the tide.
  5. 5.Smoothness or continuity.

verb

  1. 1.To move as a fluid from one position to another.
  2. 2.To proceed; to issue forth.
  3. 3.To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
  4. 4.To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
  5. 5.To hang loosely and wave.

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