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flow

1. noun, informal Menstruation. Birth control has been the only thing that helps regulate my flow each month. Dang, I forgot a tampon, and my flow is liable to show up at any moment. You got your flow for the first time when you were 15? I'm jealous—I was only 10!
2. verb, informal To menstruate. I've been flowing a lot more heavily lately. I wonder if it has anything to do with this new medication I'm on. Ugh, I just flowed through my last tampon. I've always flowed pretty erratically—not every 28 days, that's for sure!
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flow (from something) (to something)

to course from one thing to another. This water flows all the way from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. Rain flows to the river from this very drain.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

flow

in. to menstruate. She’s flowing and could go swimming.
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The cash flow statement presents all of the cash flows pertaining to the merger or acquisition in the cash flow from investing activities as one item.
* Develop a temperature based flow approach by analyzing and determining the flow dynamics in the decoupler piping shown in Figure 2.
The ST75 flow meter functions well in both low flow and high flow applications because it operates over a wide flow range, from 0.01 to 559 SCFM (0.01 to 950 NCMH) depending on line size.
For the transition of core-annular flow pattern, Bannwart [8] argued that core-annular flow is prone to occur in a pipe where the two fluids have very dissimilar viscosities but relatively close densities.
Three-Dimensional Sheath Flow. A 3D sheath flow is achieved by hydrodynamic control of the sample flow shift.
In order to examine the change in flow characteristics due to the addition of oil and a lower saturation temperature, images of the flow at the same distance from the expansion device and at similar flow conditions were compared.
For comparison with the flow pattern of the viscoelastic fluid, Newtonian fluid is used in the study and its visualization experiments are also carried out.
[1] Peterson N.M., Tinney W.F and Bree D.W, 1972 " Iterative linear AC power flow solution for fast approximation outage studies," IEEE Trans.
This lung volume is thought by many investigators to represent the gas flow though airways that do not remain patent at high trans-pulmonary lung pressures toward the end of forced exhalation, and in which the airways begin to collapse either due to lack of cartilaginous support or due to emphysematic changes.
In fluid power systems, pressure results from resistance to flow of the fluid within a closed flow path--such as the discharge part of the pump--through a conducting system, controls and through either a hydraulic motor or cylinder to drive a load, as shown in Fig.
The real estate market today has very strong upper currents (low interest rates, high demand), forcing many real estate fundamentals to flow under (investment strategies, supply requirements).
On one hand, you need a fast, efficient system in place in order to handle the same casting repeatedly; you need lean, continuous product flow. On the other hand, you must be flexible enough to change your process when ;t new casting comes down the line; that usually means you need batched product flow.
Pumps are constructed of stainless steel and offered in packed plunger or seal-less, low-maintenance diaphragm designs with manual or automated flow adjustment in open- or closed-loop control.