PEAK FLOW

  

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PEAK FLOW

Specialty Definition: PEAK FLOW

DomainDefinition

Health

The maximum amount of air breathed out; the power needed to produce this amount. (references)

Public Administration

The maximum instantaneous discharge of a given hydrograph. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: PEAK FLOW

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
PEFEnglishPeak flow rateMedicine

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: PEAK FLOW

Non-English Usage: "PEAK FLOW" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (peak flow), German (peak flow).

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Commercial Usage: PEAK FLOW

DomainTitle

Books

  • Parametric Model for Peak Flow Prediction in Ungaged Ephemeral Watersheds (reference)

  • Peak Flow Measurement: An Illustrated Guide (reference)

  • A peak flow and diversity investigation for country town water supplies in Western Australia (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: PEAK FLOW

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Your peak flow meter. (references)

This is your peak flow number. (references)

If you use a peak flow meter, bring it to each visit. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PEAK FLOW

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

peak flow meter

76

peak flow

30

asthma peak flow

9

asthma peak flow meter

6

peak flow meter chart

4

assess peak flow meter

2

personal best peak flow meter

2

peak flow rate

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: PEAK FLOW

Language Translations for "PEAK FLOW"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

peakflow. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

peak flow. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

uloshengityksen virtaushuippunopeus (peak expiratory flow rate, peak flow rate), uloshengityksen huippuvirtaus (peak expiratory flow rate, peak flow rate), huippuvirtauksen nopeus (peak expiratory flow rate, peak flow rate). (various references)

   

French

  

pic de crue (peak discharge), débit de pointe (peak discharge, peak expiratory flow rate, peak flow rate). (various references)

   

German

  

Peak flow, Spitzenabfluss (peak discharge), Abflussspitze (peak discharge), 1.Höchstwert des Ausatmungsstromes 2. Begriff der Lun (lung power). (various references)

   

Italian

  

portata di picco (peak discharge), portata di colmo (peak discharge), flusso massimo. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eakpay owflay

   

Portuguese

  

pico do débito (lung power). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: PEAK FLOW

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-f-k-l-o-p-w"

-1 letter: peafowl.

-3 letters: awoke, flake, polka.

-4 letters: alef, aloe, alow, awol, fake, feal, flak, flap, flaw, flea, flew, floe, flop, flow, foal, folk, fowl, kale, kelp, koel, kola, lake, leaf, leak, leap, loaf, lope, lowe, olea, opal, pale, pawl, peak, peal, pelf, plea, plew, plow, poke, pole, wake, wale, walk, weak, weal, weka, woke.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Abbreviations
7. Acronyms
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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