Flow may refer to:
Science and technology
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Fluid flow
In physics, physical chemistry and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids – liquids and gases. It has several subdisciplines, including (the study of air and other gases in motion ...
, the motion of a gas or liquid
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Flow (geomorphology), a type of mass wasting or slope movement in geomorphology
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Flow (mathematics)
In mathematics, a flow formalizes the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid. Flows are ubiquitous in science, including engineering and physics. The notion of flow is basic to the study of ordinary differential equations. Informally, a fl ...
, a group action of the real numbers on a set
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Flow (psychology)
Flow in positive psychology, also known colloquially as being in the zone or locked in, is the mental state in which a person performing some activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized Attention, focus, full involvement, and enjoyment ...
, a mental state of being fully immersed and focused
* Flow, a spacecraft of NASA's
GRAIL program
Computing
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Flow network
In graph theory, a flow network (also known as a transportation network) is a directed graph where each edge has a capacity and each edge receives a flow. The amount of flow on an edge cannot exceed the capacity of the edge. Often in operations re ...
, graph-theoretic version of a mathematical flow
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Dataflow
In computing, dataflow is a broad concept, which has various meanings depending on the application and context. In the context of software architecture, data flow relates to stream processing or reactive programming.
Software architecture
Dat ...
, a broad concept in computer systems with many different meanings
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Microsoft Flow (renamed to Power Automate in 2019), a workflow toolkit in Microsoft Dynamics
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Neos Flow, a free and open source web application framework written in PHP
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webMethods Flow, a graphical programming language
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FLOW (programming language), an educational programming language from the 1970s
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Flow (web browser), a web browser with a proprietary rendering engine
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Flow (Google), a generative AI video creation tool
Arts, entertainment and media
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''Flow'' (journal), an online journal of television and media studies
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Flow Podcast, a Brazilian podcast group about various themes
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''The Flow'' (book), a 2022 non-fiction book by Amy-Jane Beer
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''Flow'' (video game)
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Flow (comics), a fictional character in the International Ultramarine Corps
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Flow 93.5, the Canadian radio station CFXJ-FM
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Flow FM (Australia), a radio station
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Flow (Argentina), a cable television operator
Film and television
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Flow (television)
In television programming, flow is how channel (broadcasting), channels and Television network, networks try to hold their audience from television program, program to program, or from one segment of a program to another. Thus, it is the ''flow'' o ...
, the sequencing of TV material from one element to the next
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Flow TV, a network of Ripe Digital Entertainment
* ''Flow: For Love of Water'', a 2008 documentary film directed by
Irena Salina
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''Flow'' (1996 film), a 1996 film by Quentin Lee
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''Flow'' (2014 film) (), 2014 film by Fenar Ahmad
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''Flow'' (2024 film) (), a 2024 animated feature directed by Gints Zilbalodis
Music
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Flow (rapping)
Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, Master of Ceremonies, emceeing, or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and Emotion, emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and ommonlystreet vernacular". It is usu ...
, the rhythms and rhymes of a hip-hop song's lyrics and how they interact
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Flow (American band), a new age band
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Flow G, Filipino rapper and songwriter
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Flow (Japanese band)
Flow (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese Rock music, rock band formed in 1998 as a five-piece band made up of two vocalists, a guitarist, a bassist, and a drummer. They are signed to Sacra Music. As of November 2023, the band has released 40 singl ...
, a rock group
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Flow (rapper) (Widner DeGruy, born 1991)
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''Flow'' (Terence Blanchard album), 2005
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''Flow'' (Conception album), 1997
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''Flow'' (Foetus album), 2001
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The Flow'', a 1997 album by Chris Leslie
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''Flow'' (EP), a 2024 EP by Onew
* ''Flow'', a 2023 album by
Slowly Rolling Camera
* "Flow", a song by Cage the Elephant from the 2011 album ''
Thank You, Happy Birthday''
* "Flow", a song by
Cloud Wan from ''The Cloud'', 2022
* "Flow", a song by Sade from the 2000 album ''
Lovers Rock''
Other uses
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Flow (brand)
Flow is a trade name of the Caribbean former telecommunications provider Cable & Wireless Communications[brands](_blank)
Liberty Latin Ame ...
, a Caribbean telecommunications provider
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Flow (policy debate), a form of note-taking in policy debate and public forum debate
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Flow (real estate company), an American residential real estate company
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FLOW (Belgium), a national health care network
See also
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Flo (disambiguation)
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Floe (disambiguation)
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Floh (disambiguation)
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Flou (disambiguation) Flou is a Paraguayan rock band. It may also refer to:
* "Flou" (song), a 2019 single by Angèle
* ''Flou'', a 1978 album by Pavlos Sidiropoulos
* Flou, a furniture maker founded in 1978 by Rosario Messina
See also
* Phlou language
* Flo (d ...
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Streamflow
Streamflow, or channel runoff, is the flow of water in streams and other channels, and is a major element of the water cycle. It is one runoff component, the movement of water from the land to waterbodies, the other component being ''surface runo ...
, or channel runoff, the flow of water in streams, rivers, and other channels
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Phlow, a German webzine
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