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单词 flow
释义
flow
(fl )
Word forms: flows , flowing , flowed
1. verb B1+
If a liquid, gas, or electrical current flows somewhere, it moves there steadily and continuously.
A stream flowed gently down into the valley. [VERB adverb/preposition]
The current flows into electric motors that drive the wheels. [VERB adverb/preposition]
...compressor stations that keep the gas flowing. [VERB]
Synonyms: run, course, rush, sweep  
Flow is also a noun.
It works only in the veins, where the blood flow is slower.
2. verb
If a number of people or things flow from one place to another, they move there steadily in large groups, usually without stopping.
Large numbers of refugees continue to flow from the troubled region into the no-man's land. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Troops would patrol major roads to ensure that traffic flows freely throughout the country. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Synonyms: pour, move, sweep, flood  
Flow is also a noun.
She watched the frantic flow of cars and buses along the street. [+ of]
It would monitor traffic flows and provide feedback to motorists.
3. verb
If information or money flows somewhere, it moves freely between people or organizations.
A lot of this information flowed through other police departments. [VERB preposition/adverb]
An interest rate reduction is needed to get more money flowing and create jobs. [VERB]
Flow is also a noun.
...the opportunity to control the flow of information.
4.  See also cash flow
5. verb
If an emotion flows through someone, they feel it very intensely, often so that other people notice it. [literary]
In that moment a surge of hatred flowed through my blood. [VERB preposition]
Waves of emotion flowed across his huge face. [VERB preposition]
6. verb
If a quality or situation flows from something, it comes from it or results naturally from it.
Undesirable consequences flow from these misconceptions. [VERB from noun]
Synonyms: issue, follow, result, emerge  
7. verb
If someone's words flow, they are spoken smoothly and continuously.
His words flowed more readily. [VERB]
8. verb
If someone's hair or clothing flows about them, it hangs freely and loosely. [literary]
...a long white dress which flowed over her body. [VERB preposition]
...long black flowing hair. [VERB-ing]
9. verb
If you say that something flows or that a place flows with it, you are indicating that there is a great deal of that thing in the place.
The wine flowed and we danced the night away. [VERB]
The square was packed, and the cobbled streets flowed with coloured petals. [VERB with noun]
10. in full flow phrase
If you say that an activity, or the person who is performing the activity, is in full flow, you mean that the activity has started and is being carried out with a great deal of energy and enthusiasm.
Lunch at Harry's Bar was in full flow when Irene made a splendid entrance.
In full flow there's no more dangerous player in the country.
11. in full flow phrase
Someone who is in full flow is talking easily and continuously and seems likely to go on talking for some time.
He had been replying for some 40 minutes already and was still in full flow.
12. go with the flow phrase
If you go with the flow, you let things happen or let other people tell you what to do, rather than trying to control what happens yourself.
There's nothing I can do about the problem, so I might as well go with the flow.
Idioms:
go with the flow
to let things happen to you or let other people tell you what to do, rather than trying to control what happens yourself
This year I'm going to take a deep breath, leave my troubles and tension in the departure lounge and go with the flow.
be in full flow [British]
if an activity, or the person who is performing the activity, is in full flow, the activity has started and is being done with a great deal of energy and enthusiasm. The American expression is be in full flood.
By 1944-45 he was in full flow, scoring in twelve successive matches and totalling twenty-seven goals in this sequence.
to be talking fluently and easily, and seem likely to continue for some time
Mark Mueller was already in full flow, telling me how he had been the first to know the movie men were back in town.
Collocations:
flow freely
The blue blood of their forefathers was flowing freely in his veins.
Pacter, Trudi YELLOW BIRD (2002)
Now the bucks are flowing freely for him.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The traffic was flowing freely.
The Sun (2017)
Again, he faced the tutelary computer, letting the stream of his turbulent, half-formed thoughts flow freely.
Zindell, David THE BROKEN GOD (2001)
flow naturally
Characterisation, theme, setting and dialogue seem to flow naturally and often enjoyably.
Times, Sunday Times
Practise the finished statement a couple of times; this will help it to flow naturally when you approach the other person.
Times, Sunday Times
We must truly love one another, preferring one another above ourselves, for authentic community to flow naturally.
Christianity Today
Sentences as sweeping as that flow naturally from descriptions of the day-today life of the emperor.
Times,Sunday Times
All the jokes flow naturally.
Times, Sunday Times
flow of information
Her physicians had to guess her health from the endless flow of information that she provided about it.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Regulators concerned with fairness ought to help rather than hinder the free flow of information.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But all her concentration was needed to keep up with her companion's flow of information.
Melville, Anne THE HARDIE INHERITANCE (2004)
Jake measured the dismay growing on Honor's face, but didn't let up on the ruthless flow of information and instruction.
Elizabeth Lowell AMBERBEACH (2001)
The confidential flow of information between governments is an essential prerequisite for the effective management of international relations.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
flow of investment
There needs to be a continual flow of investment and technology for new resources to be developed.
Times, Sunday Times
It reflects the huge flow of investment in recent years by investors seeking income.
Times,Sunday Times
Official data focuses only on the flow of investment in a year.
Times,Sunday Times
It meant the healthy and normal flow of investment in and out of the country was curtailed.
Times, Sunday Times
Growth in recent years has largely been due to rising net flow of investment and strong performance of equity markets.
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flow of trade
They are the first experience visitors get of our country and critical to the easy flow of trade and commerce.
Times, Sunday Times
Milken himself viewed the securities laws, rules and regulations with some degree of contempt, feeling they hindered the free flow of trade.
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This created a basis for improving the flow of trade during the early industrial period, even before the railway era began.
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It was built as a defensive structure to control the flow of trade along ancient routes.
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A small number of closures of major industrial employers took place in the first half of the 20th century, due to the ebb and flow of trade.
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flow pressure
In addition, mangroves have been shown to reduce the flow pressure of water surges associated with tsunamis, hurricanes, etc. and by doing so protect coastlines.
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Trustees of thousands of charities fear they face collapse or will be forced to make large-scale redundancies due to acute cash flow pressures.
Times,Sunday Times
The disadvantages are that some assets can quickly become outdated and buying up-front can cause cash flow pressures.
Times, Sunday Times
flow smoothly
The irregularly shaped blood cells are short-lived and can’t flow smoothly through blood vessels, causing blockages, intense pain and anemia.
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The movement should flow smoothly as you repeat the exercise for 20 seconds.
The Sun
Traffic on most roads continued to flow smoothly.
Times, Sunday Times
Inside, however, the two parts flow smoothly together, linked by a narrow corridor and steps.
Times, Sunday Times
But even couverture chocolateunless specifically designed for fountainsoften still requires an additive to make it flow smoothly.
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flow speed
To be specific, weather-specific fundamental diagrams are built by introducing weather factors to free flow speed, capacity, and critical density.
Yuwei Bie, Tony Z. Qiu, Can Zhang, Cunbao Zhang 2017, 'Introducing Weather Factor Modelling into Macro Traffic State Prediction', Journal of Advanced Transportation
Lower air flow speed resulted in a weaker ablation capability of the excimer laser.
Csaba Szekrényesi, Huba Kiss, Tamás Filkorn, Zoltán Zsolt Nagy 2018, 'Shielding effect of the smoke plume by the ablation of excimer lasers', BMC Ophthalmology
Empirical equations relating the peak overpressure and the peak flow speed are presented.
Yi-du Hong, Bai-quan Lin, Chuan-jie Zhu 2016, 'Premixed methane/air gas deflagration simulations in closed-end and open-end tubes', International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics
fluid flow
We present a poroelastic fluid flow model assuming a localized deformation within the fault fracture zone.
Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Takehito Suzuki, Yuichi Imanishi, Shuhei Okubo, Xinlin Zhang, Miwako Ando, Atsushi Watanabe, Mamoru Saka, Chiaki Kato, Shuichi Oomori, Yoshifumi Hiraoka 2018, 'Temporal gravity anomalies observed in the Tokai area and a possible relationship with slow slips', Earth, Planets and Space
Parameters such as pressure, temperature, supercritical fluid flow rate and co-solvent (entrainer) concentration were investigated.
Uğur Salgın, Nuray Yıldız, Ayla Çalımlı 2004, 'Regeneration of Modified Bentonite Loaded with Phenol Using Supercritical Fluids', Adsorption Science & Technology
We hypothesized that interstitial fluid flow enhanced hepatocellular carcinoma cell invasion through chemokine-mediated autologous chemotaxis.
Arpit D. Shah, Michael J. Bouchard, Adrian C. Shieh 2015, 'Interstitial Fluid Flow Increases Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Invasion through CXCR4/CXCL12 and MEK/ERK Signaling', PLOS ONE
The model enables a better understanding of the multiphase fluid flow up the production tubing.
Sevic Snezana, Grubac Branko 2017, 'Simulation of temperature-pressure profiles and wax deposition in gas-lift wells', Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly
gas flow
Experimental parameters (temperature of heated drift tube, flow rate of mobile phase, gas flow rate, mobile phase composition) were optimized.
Zampia Tzouganaki, Michael Koupparis 2017, 'Development and Validation of an HPLC Method for the Determination of the macrolide antibiotic Clarithromycin using Evaporative Light Scattering Detector in raw materials and Pharmaceutical Formulations', Mediterranean Journal of Chemistry
Additionally, a mathematical model comprising multiscale, geomechanics, and adsorption phenomenon was proposed to characterize gas flow in the shale reservoir.
Xun Yan, Jing Sun, Dehua Liu 2019, 'Numerical Simulation of Shale Gas Multiscale Seepage Mechanism-Coupled Stress Sensitivity', Journal of Chemistry
This simulation method was verified by a shock tube experiment involving pulverized coal and gas flow.
Aitao Zhou, Kai Wang, Lingpeng Fan, Bo Tao 2017, 'Propagation characteristics of pulverized coal and gas two-phase flow during an outburst', PLOS ONE
generate a flow
Such expatriates generate a flow of funds out of the colony.
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The syllabus will focus on business opportunities and financial flows generated by society's response to climate change.
Times, Sunday Times
This cell forms a simple battery as it will spontaneously generate a flow of electrical current from the anode to the cathode through the external connection.
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Income funds pay out a large portion of the cash flow generated from the underlying business each month or quarter, making them somewhat similar to an interest-bearing or dividend-paying investment.
Globe and Mail
The process of generating a flow from the solution to a stochastic differential equation leads us to study suitably defined flows on their own.
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global flow
The oil price dipped below $59 a barrel amid concerns that the virus could disrupt global flows.
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They can predict microscale phenomena such as tornadoes and boundary layer eddies, sub-microscale turbulent flow over buildings, as well as synoptic and global flows.
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This field includes the history of the telegraph, submarine communication cables, shortwave or international broadcasting, satellite television, and global flows of mass media.
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Global flows are to be monitored and controlled through many local actions.
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heat flow
He imagines the coppery material coating rooftops and windows, or layered on tents or other outdoor equipment to control heat flow.
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The business has been set up to develop technology using thermofluidic oscillators, which are systems in which oscillations in fluid, created by heat flow, propel a liquid.
Times, Sunday Times
This environment induces high dynamic pressure, high temperature, and high heat flow loads particularly upon the leading edge surfaces of the aerospace plane.
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The remaining heat flow at the surface would be due to basal heating of the crust from mantle convection.
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Complex geometries, or configurations that require three-dimensional analysis of heat flow, require more complex tools such as finite element analysis.
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impede the flow
The search for the next star must not impede the flow of winners.
Times, Sunday Times
But instead of adding an extra dimension of interest, his interruptions impede the flow of the action and emphasise the flaws in the relating of the main narrative.
Times, Sunday Times
They impede the flow of rivers.
Smithsonian
Cultural differences in style, expectations, and work attitudes can create misunderstandings that impede the flow of information and the development of science, survey participants report.
The Scientist
All mufflers impede the flow of exhaust gas to some extent.
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improve the flow
The company now works in more than 50 countries, providing technology and services that measure, control and improve the flow of oil and gas.
Times, Sunday Times
The company provides technology and services that measure, control and improve the flow of oil and gas.
Times, Sunday Times
Proponents of the highway have claimed that it will improve the flow of interregional traffic, relieving traffic congestion on local roads.
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In addition, it was decided to transform the roundabout for cars into a regular crossing of streets, to improve the flow of traffic.
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In order to improve the flow of traffic and improve safety, it was decided to completely separate motorized and bicycle traffic.
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increase the flow
When the mixture starts to thicken and emulsify, keep whisking and increase the flow of oil to a thin, steady stream.
Times, Sunday Times
A power shower has a pump to increase the flow of water from the shower head.
Times, Sunday Times
In at least two wells nitroglycerine was used to increase the flow of oil or gas.
Times, Sunday Times
But they are helping to increase the flow and their short-term decencies are now triggering serious longterm fall-out.
The Sun
Since the 2008 financial crisis, the government has launched several schemes to increase the flow of credit to all corners of the economy.
Times, Sunday Times
interrupt the flow
There are two large shelters interrupting the flow of the bench, made of steel and sprayed with an aluminium-bronze alloy.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
More importantly, they interrupt the flow.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They finished each other's sentences without missing a beat or interrupting the flow of conversation.
Eddison, Sydney A Patchwork Garden: Unexpected Pleasures from a Country Garden (1990)
That interrupted the flow and allowed Pau some respite.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
liquid flow
Such a liquid flow of notes; so much cotton wool too, limiting expression.
Times, Sunday Times
The propeller rotates and creates liquid flow in the tank, which in turn keeps the solids in suspension.
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While the particle moves, ions in the electric double layer lag behind creating a net dipole moment behind due to liquid flow.
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Turbine flow meters are used for the measurement of natural gas and liquid flow.
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Elongated bubble flow consists of a mostly liquid flow with elongated bubbles present closer to the top of the pipe.
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low flow
Surfactant dosage was 100 mg/kg of lipids and aerosolization was performed using a low flow inhaler.
Frans J. Walther, Monik Gupta, Michael M. Lipp, Holly Chan, John Krzewick, Larry M. Gordon, Alan J. Waring 2019, 'Aerosol delivery of dry powder synthetic lung surfactant to surfactant-deficient rabbits and preterm lambs on non-invasive respiratory support [version 1; referees: 3 approved]', Gates Open Research
The simulated results indicated that increasing nonpoint sources at the upstream reaches degraded the dissolved oxygen under low flow conditions.
Wen-Cheng Liu, Wen-Ting Chan 2014, 'Assessing the Influence of Nonpoint Source and Discharge Changes on Water Quality in a Tidal River Estuary Using a Three-Dimensional Model', Environments
Grey water treatment and low flow plumbing fixtures provide opportunities for industry to build high tech, low water demand projects.
Vincent Itai Tanyanyiwa, Olivia Sakhile Juba 2018, 'Green buildings and water management in Harare, Zimbabwe', UPLanD: Journal of Urban Planning, Landscape & Environmental Design
maintain a flow
Test umpires, though, have a responsibility to maintain the flow whenever possible, rather than giving the impression of being eager to stop at every opportunity.
Times, Sunday Times
Local authorities are contractually bound for up to 25 years to maintain the flow, with penalties if they fail.
Times, Sunday Times
It thins his blood to maintain the flow in his heart.
The Sun
The only problem was there were so many guests that it was hard for them to maintain the flow of the set.
Times, Sunday Times
The summit statement makes clear that the banks must not use the last option to an 'excessive' degree and must maintain the flow of credit to the 'real economy'.
Times, Sunday Times
manage the flow
Electricity grids need it to manage the flow of electricity on national scales.
Times, Sunday Times
Mortgage rates could also rise as these smaller lenders attempt to manage the flow of applications.
Times, Sunday Times
Most companies do not have a chief innovation officer, or someone to manage the flow of ideas.
Times, Sunday Times
Quite simply you need to be able to manage the flow of money in and out of your business - including when people don't pay or pay late.
Times, Sunday Times
Some of these stations have built queuing lines outside the stations to manage the flow of waiting passengers.
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material flow
Material flow calculations are routinely used in numerous engineering applications.
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The norm seeks to provide a universally recognized paradigm for practitioners and companies employing material flow cost accounting.
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Acoustic cleaners help maintain material flow and also prevent blockages in the pre grind silos.
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Before powerful computers were available, most problems of material flow simulation have been solved by means of queuing theory and operations research methods.
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Trophic dynamics became the foundation for much of the work to follow on energy and material flow through ecosystems.
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measure the flow
Hydraulic structures may also be used to measure the flow of water.
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For this reason, they are often used to measure the flow of hydraulic fluids.
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Level to flow devices are commonly used to measure the flow of surface waters (springs, stream, and rivers), industrial discharges, and sewage.
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The hourglass uses the flow of sand to measure the flow of time.
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One of the first to develop electrical measuring techniques, he built an instrument utilizing a free-moving needle to measure the flow of electricity, contributing to the development of the galvanometer.
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money flows
In an absolute monarchy where the ruling family control almost every aspect of the business environment, all that money flows to them.
Times, Sunday Times
If federal money flows, can regulation be far behind?
Times, Sunday Times
The agreements allow financial institutions to borrow cash in exchange for government bonds and are essential to ensure efficient money flows.
Times, Sunday Times
They provide the essential plumbing through which money flows, but they have developed nasty habits.
Times, Sunday Times
How many times do lenders get away with this each month and how much extra money flows in without being earned?
Times, Sunday Times
monitor the flow
These monitor the flow of information going to and from a networked computer and provide protection against spyware and malware.
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To control and monitor the flow of traffic through the palace gates, the prefects used a complex passport system involving wooden and metal tallies.
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He's monitoring the flow of history.
Christianity Today
Below, a sluice-grid monitors the flow.
The Times Literary Supplement
The committee which monitors the flow of funds has a student body representative.
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natural flow
Many of the personal hits a pastor takes will be absorbed in the natural flow of events.
Christianity Today
Instead, they 'hold' a real pen and attempt to mimic the natural flow of human cursive.
Times, Sunday Times
Another aspect of plotting, it was the author's way of facilitating a natural flow, a sense that successive events took place within a single scheme.
The Times Literary Supplement
Our natural flow of energy always moves towards perfect health and wellbeing.
Times, Sunday Times
Plenty of people are resistant to the use of video technology in the post-match context, claiming that it breaks up the natural flow of the interview.
Times, Sunday Times
normal flow
He liked to describe the presidency as an 'emergency light' that came on automatically when the normal flow of electricity was cut.
Times, Sunday Times
And they underlined their commitment to do whatever was required in the future to restore the normal flow of credit.
Times, Sunday Times
It's simply the normal flow of blood through an artery.
The Sun
There are businesses living hand-to-mouth, unable to survive for even a few weeks without the normal flow of revenues into their coffers.
Times,Sunday Times
It meant the healthy and normal flow of investment in and out of the country was curtailed.
Times, Sunday Times
oil flow
They can also shed light on any problems, such as changes in oil flow encountered during production.
Times, Sunday Times
When the vents are closed, the oil flow should stop.
Times, Sunday Times
The company tried to staunch the oil flow from the well, but soon, oilmen noticed the sea bubbling.
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Enriched with nettle extract, the microsponges in the product absorb and help regulate your skin's oil flow to keep your face shine-free.
The Sun
Robots cut the damaged pipe and will now try to cap the oil flow.
The Sun
oxygen flow
This can constrict the chest and lung tissue over time, stopping oxygen flow and delivery to your vital organs.
The Sun
Irregular heart rhythms encourage blood clots to form, raising the risk of blood and oxygen flow being blocked to the brain.
Times,Sunday Times
The first time he did, he found she had a fever of 102 degrees and needed oxygen flow through her nasal prongs increased.
Christianity Today
Weight training boosts oxygen flow, increasing collagen production.
The Sun
Chocolate also contains magnesium, which increases oxygen flow to the brain - making your loving even more pleasurable.
The Sun
peak flow
If a patient has a poor peak flow, he or she may be unfit for anaesthesia or surgery.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
A peak flow meter provides this.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Your doc may get you to take some recordings of your breathing with a simple gizmo called a peak flow meter.
The Sun (2009)
The current weight and the maternal age explained 42.3% of peak flow variability in multigravidae.
Andrea Carla Brandao da Costa Santos, Alex Sandro Rolland de Souza, Jousilene de Sales Tavares, Maria Elma de Souza Maciel Soares, Marcos Antonio de Araújo Leite Filho, Pollyana Soares de Abreu Morais, Thamyris de Sales Regis, Nysherdson Fernandes de Barros, Melania Maria Ramos Amorim 2017, 'Influence Of Number Of Pregnancies In Peak Expiratory Flow And Body Composition Of Pregnant Women', International Archives of Medicine
Empirical equations relating the peak overpressure and the peak flow speed are presented.
Yi-du Hong, Bai-quan Lin, Chuan-jie Zhu 2016, 'Premixed methane/air gas deflagration simulations in closed-end and open-end tubes', International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics
positive flow
You will feel a positive flow within you when you switch to a superhealthy lifestyle.
The Sun
You'll feel a positive flow within you as soon as you switch to a new and super-healthy lifestyle.
The Sun
A positive flow of electricity to the appropriate section of the brain to enhance wakefulness could be combined with a negative blast to another part which tries to interfere.
Times, Sunday Times
It recorded net inflows of 55 million in mutual funds, its first positive flows in almost six months.
Times, Sunday Times
Indeed, only global share funds attracted positive flows, compared to net outflows from all other geographic areas.
Times, Sunday Times
reduce the flow
A successful expansion would drastically reduce the flow of people going into prison.
Times, Sunday Times
As plaque builds, it can reduce the flow of blood through the arteries, and that can cause angina, or heart pain.
Globe and Mail
Consider swapping to a water-saving shower head, designed to reduce the flow while still providing a powerful spray.
Times, Sunday Times
Radiant barriers are materials that reflect radiation, and therefore reduce the flow of heat from radiation sources.
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Both these situations reduce the permeability in the near well bore area and so reduce the flow of fluids into the well bore.
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regulate the flow
This was the keystone of the postwar international monetary system, which locked the world together with fixed currencies and rules to regulate the flow of money.
Times, Sunday Times
It should be able to regulate the flow away from the waste area and withhold the waste contents as it enters the actual landfill.
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A valve system was used to regulate the flow rate.
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It serves, of course, as a means of passage, but also as a dam, to regulate the flow of the river.
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Ramp signals were installed in the late 2000s on many on-ramps, to regulate the flow onto the motorway.
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restrict the flow
A giant underwater fence has since been set up to restrict the flow of toxic waste.
Times, Sunday Times
The laser device detects the presence of microbubbles of nitrogen in blood and tissues that restrict the flow of blood through the body and cause damage.
Times, Sunday Times
No 10 has criticised court officials for attempting to restrict the flow of information to local media, saying that this 'absolutely should not happen'.
Times, Sunday Times
Cladding ballooning may block a substantial portion of the flow area of the core and restrict the flow of coolant.
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This process involved pumping heavy drilling fluids through two 3in cm lines into the blowout preventer to restrict the flow of oil before sealing it permanently with cement.
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revenue flow
The company says that revenue flow from now will be less erratic and less reliant on those big contract awards.
Times, Sunday Times
The tax starts a revenue flow back to the 99 percent.
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Who needs a stream when revenue flows by pipeline?
Times, Sunday Times
On the trains, demand has been more robust with above-inflation fare rises helping to keep the revenues flowing.
Times, Sunday Times
To keep the revenue flowing, he created a land registry.
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reverse the flow
Locals claimed that a sudden drop in pressure was responsible for static electricity that made tidal rivers temporarily reverse their flow and people's hair stand on end.
Times, Sunday Times
The expected storm surge would reverse the flow of rivers, with floodwaters of up to 13ft.
Times, Sunday Times
Governments have attempted to reverse the flow of brain drain through implementing new contracts, scholarships, government policies, and several other methods.
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She can increase localized gravity and stop and reverse the flow of time.
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It can be used to reverse the flow of time in a small area.
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river flows
River flows are largely normal and reservoir levels generally high.
Times, Sunday Times
By 2050, hotter, drier summers could reduce river flows by 80 per cent.
Times, Sunday Times
Water restrictions are being imposed on farmers amid concern about the lack of significant rain and low river flows.
Times, Sunday Times
The river flows faster, purer, the colour of pale jade.
Times, Sunday Times
How fast a river flows can depend on its 'flashiness'.
Times, Sunday Times
slow the flow
They are permeable but slow the flow of water, reducing the risk of flooding.
Times,Sunday Times
Two pairs were introduced to a river and a pond site in the hope they would build dams to slow the flow and create valuable wetland for wildlife.
The Sun
Not least from this week's stock market volatility, which, if it persists, will slow the flow of new money.
Times, Sunday Times
He leapfrogs chronology in pursuit of themes and ideas and inserts lengthy thumbnail sketches which slow the flow of narrative and blur his argument.
The Times Literary Supplement
A shallow stream meanders and bubbles between flowery banks, artfully shaped to slow the flow and nurture a richer palette of wildlife.
Times, Sunday Times
smooth flow
Good city governance enables and maintains smooth flow of things, data, and people.
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The brevity of the review demands a smooth flow from one section to another without including the subheadings.
Christianity Today
This can be a headache for retirement planning, when you need a smooth flow of cash to fund your lifestyle.
Times, Sunday Times
Our members do a vital job, ensuring the safety of the public and the smooth flow of river traffic.
Times, Sunday Times
The county system ensures a wide talent pool of 400 or so professional cricketers, with each county's academy designed to ensure a smooth flow of replacements.
Times, Sunday Times
stanch the flow
He handed over a tissue to try to stanch the flow of blood from wounds to her neck and cheek.
Times, Sunday Times
Deposit and capital controls might help to stanch the flow of cash out of the country, but that would not prevent chaos in the financial system.
Times, Sunday Times
It began a 'relief well' through which heavy liquids will be injected to stanch the flow.
Times, Sunday Times
Turkey has taken several measures to stanch the flow of people leaving illegally.
Times, Sunday Times
Let me stanch the flow now.
Times, Sunday Times
steady flow of
It explains why a steady flow of transfer passengers is essential to the viability of many routes that could not exist on point-to-point traffic alone.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Part of me thinks that trail mix supplemented with a steady flow of dehydrated fettucine alfredo should do the trick.
Globe and Mail (2003)
It can be useful to use dietary supplements containing lutein and zeaxanthin to ensure a steady flow of antioxidants to the eye.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The steady flow of new product lines helps.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
stem the flow
When I went over there was another guy trying to stem the flow of blood.
The Sun (2009)
Publishing houses are fighting to stem the flow.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He could neither take wickets nor stem the flow of runs.
The Sun (2010)
`You're talking of Mrs Pegler leaving her husband, I suppose," Constance said, stemming the flow.
Ferrars, Elizabeth THE OTHER DEVIL'S NAME
That it will undermine referees and stem the flow of the game.
The Sun (2009)
stop the flow
The game has an overload of cut scenes which stop the flow.
The Sun (2009)
A hose with a nozzle or a gun on the end means you can control it and stop the flow, instantly leading to less wastage.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I twisted it quickly and using a table knife as a tourniquet between wound and shoulder managed to stop the flow.
Gagman, Maurice DOUBTFUL MOTIVES (2004)
If the plaques break loose, they can cause blockages in arteries, stopping the flow of oxygen-carrying blood, and leading to a heart attack or stroke.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
stream flows
Over the hedges, unseen and mostly unknown, the little stream flows scarcely casting-distance away.
Times, Sunday Times
Beside me, an icy stream flows into the lake.
Times, Sunday Times
That stream flows from a spring near the cave that gave the property its name.
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Currently, peak stream flows are in the summer.
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This stream flows from the southeast to northwest.
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tears flow
When the tears flow tomorrow, as they surely will, a relationship many thought unwise and doomed to fail, will be anointed and sealed.
Times, Sunday Times
Please don't worry about the funeral, let tears flow.
The Sun
Letting your tears flow will help you heal sooner rather than later.
The Sun
They should encourage you to let your tears flow and for you to keep speaking through them - this can be a powerful release.
The Sun
Tempers don't fray onstage any more straightforwardly than tears flow or solutions are found.
Times, Sunday Times
tidal flow
Follow the thin, twisting channels created by the tidal flow and you're fine, but stray too far and you're stuck fast in silty goo.
Times, Sunday Times
For sea traffic the structure could increase the speed of tidal flow.
Times,Sunday Times
Fear of litigation, the last refuge of the public-sector jobsworth, had reared its head: police say they feared being sued by anybody involved in an accident in the tidal flow.
Times, Sunday Times
Oysters grow in large numbers to form elongated reefs oriented perpendicular to tidal flow in the estuary.
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Critics claim that the tidal flow system has not been effective in improving traffic flow.
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traffic flow
But traffic flow and population density meant that a new site had to be found.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Or chance my theory - based neither on science nor the most rudimentary understanding of traffic flow - that all lanes progress equally in traffic jams?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Multiparameter dependences are developed based on mathematical methods for traffic flow modeling.
Testeshev Alexander, Timohovetz Vera, Mikeladze Tatyana 2018, 'Development of multiparameter equations for satellite monitoring analysis of traffic flow', MATEC Web of Conferences
water flow
The path swung inwards as the river banks closed, concentrating the water flow into the weir.
Stewart, Michael GRACE
Alternatively, one can use simpler analytical methods based on the assumptions of steady water flow and purely advective transport.
Adam Szymkiewicz, Anna Gumuła-Kawęcka, Dawid Potrykus, Beata Jaworska-Szulc, Małgorzata Pruszkowska-Caceres, Wioletta Gorczewska-Langner 2018, 'Estimation of Conservative Contaminant Travel Time through Vadose Zone Based on Transient and Steady Flow Approaches', Water
Examples are given for water flow as the most prominent abiotic factor.
Georg A. JANAUER 2001, 'Is what has been measured of any direct relevance to the success of the macrophyte in its particular environment?', Journal of Limnology
Aquaporin membrane protein channels mediate cellular water flow.
Philip Kitchen, Fredrik Öberg, Jennie Sjöhamn, Kristina Hedfalk, Roslyn M. Bill, Alex C. Conner, Matthew T. Conner, Susanna Törnroth-Horsefield 2015, 'Plasma Membrane Abundance of Human Aquaporin 5 Is Dynamically Regulated by Multiple Pathways', PLOS ONE
The water flow in the air lift pump increases along with the rise in the air flow.
Kalenik Marek 2015, 'Investigations of hydraulic operating conditions of air lift pump with three types of air-water mixers', Annals of Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Land Reclamation
Translations:
Chinese: 流动
Japanese: 流れる
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