RATE OF FLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rate of flow mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RATE OF FLOW (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 ("rate of flow" is a kind of...):

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

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

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

 Context examples 

However, other factors also affect a glacier's rate of flow, such as whether water is lubricating the glacier's base so that it can slide more easily.

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

The glaciers feeding Marguerite Bay, on the western Antarctic Peninsula, increased their rate of flow by 1,300 to 2,600 feet (400 to 800 meters) per year, probably in response to ocean warming.

(New Study Brings Antarctic Ice Loss Into Sharper Focus, NASA)

An increase of the greatest rate of flow that can be achieved during forced expiration beginning with the lungs fully inflated.

(Increased Peak Expiratory Flowrate, NCI Thesaurus)

A decrease of the greatest rate of flow that can be achieved during forced expiration beginning with the lungs fully inflated.

(Decreased Peak Expiratory Flowrate, Food and Drug Administration)