| stretching velocity of the plate |
| free stream temperature of the surrounding fluid |
u, v | velocity components in x- and y-respectively |
g | gravitational force due to acceleration |
| coefficient of mass diffusivity |
| the specific heat at constant pressure |
| reference temperature |
| Darcy permeability |
| thermophoretic coefficient |
M | Magnetic parameter |
| thermal Rayleigh number |
N | buoyancy ratio |
| Prandtl number |
| Schmidtl number |
| Cunningham correction factor |
| Knudsen number |
| real constant |
| real constant |
| real constant |
| skin-friction coefficient |
| dimensionless stream function |
Nu | Nusselt number |
Sh | Sherwood number |
| suction/injection parameter |
| free stream concentration |
T | fluid temperature |
C | fluid concentration |