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“stream”
(Latin: river, stream)
(Greek: river, stream)
(Latin: ripa, river, stream; bank, river bank, shore)
(Latin: stream of water, river)
(Greek: deep, depth; the fauna and flora of the bottom of the sea; sea bottom; depth [by extension, this element includes lake, river, and stream bottoms])
(Greek: a flow, wave; current of a stream, current; electrical current)
(Greek: flux, that which flows; a stream; discharge)
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“stream”
A stream that flows in a channel it did not itself form: Mr. Smart showed his class a photo of a river, or allochthonous stream, rushing along in a man-made or artificial duct.
autochthonous stream
A stream which is flowing in its original channel or in the channel in which it originated.
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auto-, aut-
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electron stream potential, electron-stream potential
1. The time average of the potential difference between a given point in an electron stream and the surface at which electrons are produced.
2. At any point in an electron stream, the time average of the potential difference between that point and the electron-emitting surface.
2. At any point in an electron stream, the time average of the potential difference between that point and the electron-emitting surface.
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electro-, electr-, electri-
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electron stream transmission efficiency, electron-stream transmission efficiency
An electrode through which the electron stream (beam) passes.
This includes the ratio of the average stream current through the electrode to the stream current approaching the electrode.
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electro-, electr-, electri-
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trans-, tran-, tra-
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influent stream
1. A surface stream that flows into a lake, or any branch that flows into a larger stream.
2. A stream that has developed bank storage and that loses water to the zone of saturation.
2. A stream that has developed bank storage and that loses water to the zone of saturation.
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fluct-, flucti-, -flux, flu-, flum-, -fluent, -fluence
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A flow of water whose course is determined by the slope of the land by erosion of the overlying layers that result in rivers: Some narrow mountain ranges have steep-sided river valleys slicing directly across them because the river was originally a superposed stream on the range from a gently sloping plain that used to exist above it.
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pon-, posit-, pos-, -poning, -poned, -ponency, -ponent, -ponement, -pound
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(Old English: flowan, to flow, to stream, to issue; to become liquid, to melt; to abound, to overflow)
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braided stream
A small waterway with shallow channels that carry multiple flows.
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Geography Terms +
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streamlining, stream lining
The smooth, usually curved shape of a vehicle designed to reduce drag and to improve performance.
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Automobile or Related Car Terms
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