Množina: flows

(Homonym: floe).
1. Any uninterrupted stream or discharge.
2. The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression; SYN. stream.<br /> 3. The amount of fluid that flows in a given time; SYN. flow rate, rate of flow.
4. The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases); SYN. flowing.
Travel of liquids or gases in response to a force (i.e. pressure or gravity).

1. To be abundantly present.
2. To cause to flow.
3. To cover or swamp with water.
4. To move or progress freely as if in a stream.

Množina: flow charts

A graphic map of the path of control or data through the operations in a program or an information-handling system. Symbols such as squares, diamonds, and ovals represent various operations. These symbols are connected by lines and arrows to indicate the flow of data or control from one point to another. Flowcharts are used both as aids in showing the way a proposed program will work and as a means of understanding the operations of an existing program. See the illustration. A diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program; SYN. flow diagram.
Diagram, often used in computing, to show the possible paths that data can take through a system or program.
A system flow chart, or data flow chart, is used to describe the flow of data through a complete data-processing system. Different graphic symbols represent the clerical operations involved and the different input, storage, and output equipment required. Although the flow chart may indicate the specific programs used, no details are given of how the programs process the data.
A program flow chart is used to describe the flow of data through a particular computer program, showing the exact sequence of operations performed by that program in order to process the data. Different graphic symbols are used to represent data input and output, decisions, branches, and subroutines. flowchart

Množina: flow controls

The management of data flow in a network to ensure that the receiver can handle all the incoming data. Flow-control mechanisms, implemented in both hardware and software, prevent a sender of traffic from sending it faster than the receiver can receive it.

Množina: flow lines

Množina: flowers

ETYM Old Eng. flour, Old Fren. flour, flur, flor, French fleur, from Latin flos, floris. Related to Blossom, Effloresce, Floret, Florid, Florin, Flour, Flourish.
(Homonym: flour).
1. A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms.
2. Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts; SYN. bloom, blossom.
3. The period of greatest prosperity or productivity; SYN. prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush.
The reproductive unit of an angiosperm or flowering plant, typically consisting of four whorls of modified leaves: sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels. These are borne on a central axis or receptacle. The many variations in size, color, number, and arrangement of parts are closely related to the method of pollination. Flowers adapted for wind pollination typically have reduced or absent petals and sepals and long, feathery stigmas that hang outside the flower to trap airborne pollen. In contrast, the petals of insect-pollinated flowers are usually conspicuous and brightly colored.
The sepals and petals form the calyx and corolla respectively and together comprise the perianth with the function of protecting the reproductive organs and attracting pollinators.
The stamens lie within the corolla, each having a slender stalk, or filament, bearing the pollen-containing anther at the top. Collectively they are known as the androecium (male organs). The inner whorl of the flower comprises the carpels, each usually consisting of an ovary in which are borne the ovules, and a stigma borne at the top of a slender stalk, or style. Collectively the carpels are known as the gynoecium (female organs).
In size, flowers range from the tiny blooms of duckweeds scarcely visible to the naked eye to the gigantic flowers of the Malaysian Rafflesia, which can reach over 1 m/3 ft across. Flowers may either be borne singly or grouped together in inflorescences. The stalk of the whole inflorescence is termed a peduncle, and the stalk of an individual flower is termed a pedicel. A flower is termed hermaphrodite when it contains both male and female reproductive organs. When male and female organs are carried in separate flowers, they are termed monoecious; when male and female flowers are on separate plants, the term dioecious is used.

1. To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to produce flowers.
2. To come into the finest or fairest condition.

Množina: flowerings

1. The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification.
2. The act of adorning with flowers.

Množina: flowering willows

Množina: flowerpots

A container, commonly or earthenware, for earth in which plants are grown. flower pot, flower-pot