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flow

  • noun
  • /ˈfləʊ̯/

Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.

Other meanings

  1. The movement of a real or figurative fluid.

  2. A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.

Example sentences

  • “Information flows faster than ever before.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "flowe".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “flow” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.