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  • 71stream of consciousness — n [U] the expression of thoughts and feelings in writing exactly as they pass through your mind, without the usual structure they have in formal writing …

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  • 72stream of consciousness — noun uncount the thoughts of a character in a book that are expressed as they happen …

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  • 73stream of consciousness — n. Psychol. individual conscious experience regarded as a continuous series of occurrences rather than as separate, disconnected events …

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  • 74stream-of-consciousness — [strēm′əv kän′shəs nis] adj. designating, of, or using a narrative technique whereby the thoughts, percepts, etc. of one or more of the characters of a novel, short story, etc. are rendered in a direct, free flowing manner …

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  • 75stream table — stream table, a tray for sand, earth, and water, used to study streamflow and other geological processes …

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  • 76stream|er — «STREE muhr», noun. 1. any long, narrow, flowing thing: »Streamers of ribbon hung from her hat. We saw streamers of snow blowing around the hilltop. 2. a long, narrow, pointed flag or pennon. SYNONYM(S): pennant. 3. a newspaper headline that runs …

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  • 77stream|ing — «STREE mihng», noun. 1. Biology. the flowing motion or rotation of protoplasm in a cell. 2. British. the division of students of a school into separate classes according to level of ability or aptitude, as determined by examinations; tracking:… …

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  • 78stream|lined — «STREEM LYND», adjective. 1. having a shape or body that offers the least possible resistance to air or water. The fastest automobiles, airplanes, and trains have streamlined bodies. 2. Figurative. brought up to date; made more efficient:… …

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  • 79stream|lin|er — «STREEM LY nuhr», noun. a streamlined railroad train or other vehicle: »Light weight, low slung streamliners whisk you from city to city in record time (Wall Street Journal) …

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  • 80stream|line — «STREEM LYN», adjective, verb, lined, lin|ing, noun. –adj. 1. = streamlined. (Cf. ↑streamlined) 2. of or having to do with a motion or flow that is free from disturbance, as of a particle in a steadily flowing mass of fluid. –v.t. 1. to give a… …

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