uniform flow

American  

[yoo-nuh-fawrm floh] / ˈyu nəˌfɔrm ˈfloʊ /

noun

1. in fluid dynamics, a condition in which each particle keeps moving at the same velocity along its course and the cross-sectional area of the flow does not change.

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Example Sentences

The lines of flow outside the tube are exactly analogous to the lines of force of a small magnet; and if at the same time there exist a uniform flow of the liquid in the direction of the length of the tube, the field of flow will be an exact picture of the field of force of the small magnet, when it is placed with its length along the lines of a previously existing uniform field.

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Thus, in the case of the delivery air chamber, when the pump piston is travelling at a speed above its average for the stroke, the water accumulates in the air chamber, and the air is more compressed, while, when the pump is on the dead centre, or at the end of its stroke and the delivery valve closes, the air compressed in the air chamber continues the delivery or discharge, thus maintaining a more uniform flow.

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It does not mean that it is a uniform flow in the sense that approximately the same numbers of birds are passing at all hours, or at all localities, or even on all one-mile fronts in the same locality.

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Chlorine was taken from steel cylinders and passed through automatic reducing valves which provided a uniform flow of gas for the water requiring treatment.

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A uniform flow of water was maintained through the mixing pipe and so secured a uniform dosage.

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