Mass flow rate
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Mass flow rate is the rate of change in the mass of an object. Examples include the outflow of a substance
from a certain volume, the flow in a pipe section, the combustion of fuel.

**Links:**

#. `Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_flow_rate#Formulation>`__.

.. py:currentmodule:: symplyphysics.definitions.mass_flow_rate

.. py:data:: time

    :attr:`~symplyphysics.symbols.basic.time`.

Symbol:
    :code:`t`

Latex:
    :math:`t`

Dimension:
    :code:`time`


.. py:data:: mass_flow_rate

    :attr:`~symplyphysics.symbols.classical_mechanics.mass_flow_rate` as a function of time.

Symbol:
    :code:`mu(t)`

Latex:
    :math:`\mu{\left(t \right)}`

Dimension:
    :code:`mass/time`


.. py:data:: mass

    :attr:`~symplyphysics.symbols.basic.mass` as a function of time.

Symbol:
    :code:`m(t)`

Latex:
    :math:`m{\left(t \right)}`

Dimension:
    :code:`mass`


.. py:data:: definition

    :code:`mu(t) = Derivative(m(t), t)`


    Latex:
        .. math::
            \mu{\left(t \right)} = \frac{d}{d t} m{\left(t \right)}