stream (noun)

  • 91revenue stream — UK US noun [countable] [singular revenue stream plural revenue streams] business the income that an organization gets from a particular activity Thesaurus: wages and salaries …

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  • 92mid|stream — «MIHD STREEM», noun, adjective, adverb. –n. the middle of a stream: »The boat was kept in midstream. Figurative. the midstream of history. –adj., adv. in midstream: »The two boats collided midstream (adv.). The two boats were in a midstream… …

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  • 93mill|stream — «MIHL STREEM», noun. the stream in a millrace …

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  • 94slip|stream — «SLIHP STREEM», noun, verb. –n. 1. Also, slip stream. a current of air produced by the propeller of an aircraft. 2. the current of air left behind a moving vehicle: »Cars that whip by rock your bike a little in their slipstream (Canadian Saturday …

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  • 95Gulf Stream, the — Gulf ,Stream, the noun a current of warm water that flows from the Gulf of Mexico to the north and east across the Atlantic Ocean toward Europe …

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  • 96braided stream — /breɪdəd ˈstrim/ (say brayduhd streem) noun a stream, usually shallow, with a water flow insufficient to carry along all the silt, etc., in it, resulting in interconnecting channels and intervening shingle bars as this load is precipitated …

  • 97englacial stream — /ɛnˌgleɪsiəl ˈstrim/ (say en.glayseeuhl streem) noun a stream of meltwater which flows through a tunnel within an ice sheet or glacier …

  • 98Tank Stream — /ˈtæŋk strim/ (say tangk streem) noun the small stream which formed the main water supply for the first European settlers at Sydney Cove, NSW. {so named because of several storage tanks built on its banks} …

  • 99(the) Gulf Stream — the Gulf Stream UK US noun a current of warm water that flows from the Gulf of Mexico to the north and east across the Atlantic Ocean towards Europe and Africa Thesaurus: weather patterns and air pressurehyponym cold weather and periods of cold… …

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  • 100air|stream — «AIR STREEM», noun. the relative flow of air around or against an object in flight, usually in a direction opposite to that of the object s flight …

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