flow

Definition

Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.

Etymology

From Middle English flowe, from the verb (see below). The psychology sense “state of focus” was coined by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in 1975.

Example Sentences

• "Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda."
• "The notion of flow is basic to the study of ordinary differential equations."
• "The room was small, but it had good symmetry and flow."