narrow stream

collocation in English

meaningsofnarrowandstream

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narrow
adjective
uk
/ˈnær.əʊ/us
/ˈner.oʊ/
having a small distance from one side to the other, especially in comparison with ...
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stream
noun[C]
uk
/striːm/us
/striːm/
water that flows naturally along a fixed route formed by a channel cut into rock or ground, usually at ...
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(Definition ofnarrowandstreamfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The flow of medium over the uncoated glass slide occurred in anarrowstreamand did not wet the entire surface of the slide.
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A rivulet is anarrowstreamof liquid located on a solid surface and sharing a cnrve'd interface with the surrounding gas.
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The river is highly polluted and encroachments have shrunk it to anarrowstream.
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Beyond here the cave extends southeast, towards the mountain, along anarrowstreambed.
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Anarrowstreamflowing westwards defines the demarkation between the two panchayats.
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In a flow cytometer the cells flow in anarrowstreamin front of a laser beam.
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The sample may be completely immersed in the water, or scanned with anarrowstreamof water.
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Most of the buildings date between 1840 and 1920, and were developed in twonarrowstreamvalleys.
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The crest of the range overlooks a series of east-west trending steep andnarrowstreamvalleys, one thousand or more feet deep.
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The existing network of narrow, winding, two-lane roads, snaking throughnarrowstreamvalleys or over mountaintops, was slow to drive, unsafe, and in many places worn out.
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When anarrowstreamtravels down a mountain pass into a basin, for example, an alluvial fan will form from the mass deposit of the sediment.
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It is connected to the bank by a footbridge, and vehicle access is possible via a ford of thenarrowstreamseparating it from the land.
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When hand pressure is applied to the bottle, the liquid inside becomes pressurized and is forced out of the nozzle into anarrowstreamof liquid.
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His records indicate that the device is based on anarrowstreamof small tungsten pellets that are accelerated via high voltage (by means akin to his magnifying transformer).
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