flow diagram
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- noun
- /floʊ ˈdaɪəɡræm/
- Specialized
:
diagrama de flujo
- To optimize the system's efficiency, we created a flow diagram that outlines each operation in detail.
- data flow diagram
- flow diagram for study
Examples
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Figure 1 shows a flow diagram of participant enrollment, allocation, follow-up, and analysis.
Academic text (2018) -
The new method's flow diagram is shown in Figure 1.
Academic text (1998) -
The study flow diagram is presented in Figure 1.
Academic text (2012) -
A flow diagram for the final phase of the chip integration process is shown in Figure 3.
Academic text (1999) -
The flow diagram of the approach is shown in Fig. 2.
Academic text (2018) -
Results: Figure 1 depicts a flow diagram with the search results, study selection, and reasons for exclusion.
Academic text (2015) -
In order to build a holistic idea about what happened in the data, I drew flow diagrams to help capture each participant's story.
Academic text (2006) -
A very helpful device used by many engineers and product developers is a flow diagram used to illustrate how the potential new product or service will work.
Academic text (2010) -
A flow diagram for study retrieval and selection is available in the appendix (p. 5).
Academic text (2016) -
The flow diagram illustrates the steps involved in processing customer orders, ensuring clarity in the workflow.
Synonyms
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A simple drawing that shows how something works or how its parts fit together
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A diagram that shows the steps and decisions in a process using boxes and arrows
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A diagram that shows the steps and decisions in a process
A diagram that shows the order of steps in a process, like a computer program or accounting system
A diagram that shows how processes and materials move in a factory
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'flow' (steady movement or sequence of information) with 'diagram' (a drawing that clarifies parts and relationships): a diagram showing the flow. This noun–noun compositional pattern is transparent and common across languages (e.g. Spanish 'diagrama de flujo'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Flow diagram comes from the idea of a flow, like water moving, shown on a diagram with arrows and boxes. That picture of things moving from one box to the next makes it easy to see the 'steps' or 'sequence' in a program or process, so the term means a chart of the steps in a system.