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n. The net movement of material matter from one location to another.
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This article is about the flow of fluids in biological systems. For use in physics see Fluid Dynamics. For use in cell biology (i.e. protein transport within a cell) see Bulk flow.
Mass flow, also known as “mass transfer” and “bulk flow”, is the movement of fluids down a pressure or temperature gradient, particularly in the life sciences. As such, mass flow is a subject of study in both fluid dynamics and biology. Examples of mass flow include blood circulation and transport of water in vascular plant tissues. Mass flow is not to be confused with diffusion which depends on concentration gradients within a medium rather than pressure gradients of the medium itself.
Usage examples of "mass flow".
The plasma rocket is cranked up to high mass flow, its specific impulse almost as low as a fission rocket but producing maximum thrust as the assembly creaks and groans through the gravitational assist maneuver.
The plasma rocket is cranked up to maximum mass flow, its specific impulse almost as low as a fission rocket but thrusting at maximum as the assembly creaks and groans through the gravitational assist maneuver.
The disk acts like an enormous rotating flywheel, driving currents and mass flow both up and down from the disk.
I spent some time in a fruitless search for organs like teats, long after logic should have told me that a mass flow of any magnitude was impossible owing to the anatomy of the plants involved.