free flow
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffreeandflow
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free
adjective
adverb
uk/friː/us/friː/
not limited ...
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flow
noun
uk/fləʊ/us/floʊ/
the movement of something in ...
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(Definition offreeandflowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffree flow
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In normal breathing, the folds are held apart to permit thefreeflowof air.
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Presence of ambient gas offers a mechanical resistance to thefreeflowof the ablated material.
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It seeks and removes obstacles impeding thefreeflowof information.
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We refer to this as thefreeflowregion.
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There were reviews in the education department and there was an excitingfreeflowof ideas.
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Freeflowof persons and goods across the open range frontier was not to be taken for granted.
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Their prosperity and vitality rested upon thefreeflowof goods and people, but those flows generated enormous frictions.
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Reflective boundary conditions are used at the axial boundaries and at the pinch axis withfreeflowconditions at the outer radial boundary.
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Freeflowcorresponds to downward flow in both core and annulus.
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How do we reconcile our assumption offreeflowof physical capital with the above one?
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Restricting research, or access to research, in these fields threatens to impede thefreeflowof information so essential to the welfare of democratic societies, medical practice, and scientific development.
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A dynamic market economy requires thefreeflowof production factors, labor in particular, prompting many people to pursue their careers outside the area of official household registration.
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This has to be stressed, because in many places bureaucrats are still convinced that thefreeflowof information is dangerous and potentially damaging for one's own reputation.
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Membrane breakage was marked by afreeflowof cytoplasmic contents into the injection needle.
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They will have access to a button to neutralise the automatic barriers and allow afreeflow.
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The convention provides for thefreeflowof data between convention countries unless the level of protection is not equivalent in any other country.
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I doubt whether these amendments would do anything to improve thefreeflowof information to the committee.
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