flow chart

flow chart
1. Also called flow sheet. a detailed diagram or chart of the operations and equipment through which material passes, as in a manufacturing process.
2. a graphic representation, using symbols interconnected with lines, of the successive steps in a procedure or system. Also, flowchart. Also called flow diagram.
[1915-20]

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