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Sigma KEE - LiquidMotion

liquid motion

Any Motion where the patient is a Liquid. This class would cover, in particular, the flow of Water.

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Parents	motion	Any Process of movement.
Children	bleeding air	The process of removing fluid under pressure to locate and remove pockets of Air. This is done typically in hydraulic applications since air is compressible, and therefore undesirable in a hydraulic line.
	cavitating	A process whereby a PartialVacuum forms in a Liquid, near the blades or impellers of a Pump, reducing its ability to move the liquid.
	dripping	Any LiquidMotion where the Liquid is moved drop by drop.
	flooding	Flooding is the subclass of LiquidMotion processes in which the water level of a Waterway rises or water spreads over a flood plain along a Waterway.
	perspiring	The Process by which Sweat is secreted by the SweatGlands.
	pouring	Any instance of Transfer from one Container to another, where the thing transferred is a Liquid.
	spraying	Any instance of Transfer of a Liquid which is accomplished by converting the Liquid into a mist.
	stirring	Any instance of LiquidMotion which is also an instance of Combining two or more Liquids.
	water motion	Any LiquidMotion where the Liquid is Water.
	water wave	A WaterWave is a raised ridge of water moving along the surface of a body of water. The WaterWave moves in a direction approximately transverse to the crest line of the wave. The patient of the WaterWave is successive regions of water, which do not travel in the direction of the wave or with it.
	weeping	Expressing unhappiness by shedding tears.

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