RATE OF FLOW

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The amount of fluid that flows in a given time

Synonyms:

flow; flow rate; rate of flow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

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)