vertical flow

collocation in English

meaningsofverticalandflow

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vertical
adjective
uk
/ˈvɜː.tɪ.kəl/us
/ˈvɝː.t̬ə.kəl/
standing or pointing straight up or at an angle of 90° to a horizontal surface ...
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flow
noun
uk
/fləʊ/us
/floʊ/
the movement of something in ...
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(Definition ofverticalandflowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The area becomes temporarily inundated after heavy rains, indicating that the bedrock impedes theverticalflowof rainwater into the ground.
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It is clear that for equilibria withverticalflow, (42) is always elliptic (as might be expected).
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The outgoing fluid in the boundary layer is replaced by averticalflowof fluid into the boundary layers from the interior.
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What we are facing here is not averticalflowfrom a class to another inside the same territory (geographic, political) but a horizontal flow from one place to another.
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The use of such a tunnel with theverticalflowof air is now under consideration.
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Due to geochemical differentiation slight differences in density would lead toverticalflowin the mantle, resulting in orogeny.
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To begin, the managerial model stresses averticalflowof information from the government to its citizens.
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The reedbed cleaning system consists of two alternating aerobicverticalflowreedbeds and one anaerobic horizontal flow bed.
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A third option is calledverticalflow, in which one or both fighters turn toward the vertical plane.
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On the other hand, vertical flows are also important, particularly in their application to the aerosol diffusion in the atmosphere and upper ocean biogeochemistry.
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When semi-confined aquifers are present, the resistance toverticalflowin the slowly permeable top-layer and the overpressure in the aquifer, if any, are taken into account.
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Near to the pass are deep holes where strong vertical flows can occur.
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