flow chart, flow diagram or flow sheet noun

A chart pictorially representing the nature and sequence of operations to be carried out, eg in a computer program or an industrial process

flow cytometry noun (biology)

A technique for sorting single cells or chromosomes which are stained and then directed in drops past a beam of light which sorts the drops into the appropriate vessel

flowˈmeter noun

A device for measuring, or giving an output signal proportional to, the rate of flow of a fluid in a pipe

flowˈ-on noun (Aust)

1. The process by which a wage or salary increase awarded to one group of workers results in a similar increase for other workers
2. Such an increase

flow-sorted chromosomes plural noun

Those sorted on the basis of size by flow cytometry

flowˈstone noun

A mineral precipitation from flowing water, usu of calcium carbonate

go with the flow (informal)

To be content to react to events and trends