flow sheet
- noun
- /floʊ ʃiːt/
- Specialized
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diagrama de flujo
- In our accounting class, we learned how to use a flow sheet to track expenses and revenues over time.
Examples
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So what I'm going to do is show you quickly how you can actually put together a flow sheet to design A plant.
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One strategy to improve documentation has been the implementation of pain flow sheets.
Academic text (2004) -
The engineer created a detailed flow sheet to illustrate the process of manufacturing the new product.
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The flow sheet provided a clear overview of the project stages, making it easy to understand the steps involved.
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
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A diagram that shows the order of steps in a process like a computer program
A diagram that shows how processes and materials move in a factory
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'flow sheet' is a straightforward compound of 'flow' (movement or sequence) and 'sheet' (a piece of paper or document), so its meaning as a document showing a flow or sequence is directly inferable from the parts. This follows a common productive pattern (X + sheet = a sheet/document showing X) and is cross-linguistically plausible, so a B1 learner who knows both words would likely understand the sense even if the term is somewhat technical.
Etymology
Flow sheet comes from the picture of flow (things moving) across a sheet of paper, like arrows that show how work moves from one step to the next. That's why it means 'a diagram' that shows the order of steps in a 'process'.