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noun
A flow diagram in which the width of the arrows is proportional to the flow rate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Named after the Irish captain Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey, who used this type of diagram in 1898 to illustrate the energy efficiency of a steam engine.
