The amount of fluid that flows in a given time.
1 Tiny white markers circulating inside the flowing blood vessels indicated the direction and rate of flow .
2 When given internally it increases the actual amount as well as the rate of flow of the bile.
3 The enhanced absorption of cholesterol and protein was associated with a reduced rate of flow of chyme through the ileum.
4 Engineers report that the carrying power of a stream is increased 64 times when its rate of flow is doubled.
5 The circulation of the donor limb must be adequate to produce a significant increase in the rate of flow through the recipient limb.
6 The rate of flow increases more or less gradually to the maximum about midday, and falls off in the afternoon in the same gradual manner.
7 When crude oil, kerosene, or water (river or distilled) was forced through the specimens, the pressure being constant, the rate of flow was variable.
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