FLOW RATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flow rate mean? 

• FLOW RATE (noun)
  The noun FLOW RATE has 1 sense:

1. the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

  Familiarity information: FLOW RATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLOW RATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The amount of fluid that flows in a given time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

flow; flow rate; rate of flow

Hypernyms ("flow rate" is a kind of...):

rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flow rate"):

cardiac output (the amount of blood pumped out by the ventricles in a given period of time)

 Context examples 

A metric unit of volumetric flow rate defined as the rate at which one liter of matter crosses a given surface during the period of time equal to one second.

(Liter per Second, NCI Thesaurus)

A metric unit of volumetric flow rate defined as the rate at which one liter of matter crosses a given surface during the period of time equal to one minute.

(Liter per Minute, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-SI unit of volumetric flow rate defined as the rate at which one liter of matter crosses a given surface during the period of time equal to one hour.

(Liter per Hour, NCI Thesaurus)

Researchers analyzed almost 2 million satellite images of the glaciers and found that 94 percent of the differences in flow rates could be explained by changes in ice thickness.

(NASA Finds Asian Glaciers Slowed by Ice Loss, NASA)

A metric unit of volumetric flow rate defined as the rate at which one milliliter of matter crosses a given surface during the period of time equal to one minute.

(Milliliter per Minute, NCI Thesaurus)

A metric unit of volumetric flow rate defined as the rate at which one milliliter of matter crosses a given surface during the period of time equal to 24 hours.

(Milliliter per 24 Hours, NCI Thesaurus)

A metric unit of volumetric flow rate defined as the rate at which one milliliter of matter crosses a given surface during the period of time equal to one hour.

(Milliliter per Hour, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of mass flow rate defined as the mass of matter equal to one kilogram which crosses a given surface during the period of time equal to one second.

(Kilogram per Second, NCI Thesaurus)

A metric unit of volumetric flow rate defined as the rate at which one liter of matter crosses a given surface during the period of time equal to one day.

(Liter per Day, NCI Thesaurus)

A valve designed to regulate the flow of fluid, especially one designed to prevent flow when a certain flow rate is exceeded.

(Flow Valve Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)