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streamwise

streamwise adjective: in the direction of a stream.

Adjective

streamwise (not comparable)

  1. In the direction of a stream
    • AEROFOIL. The name given to the lifting wing or, more correctly, to the shape of a streamwise section through such a wing.1976, Ian Naismith Sneddon, Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Mathematics for Engineers and Applied Scientists, →ISBN, page 9

Origin of streamwise

From stream + -wise.

Words formed from streamwise

  • streamwisely

Questions about streamwise

What does streamwise mean?
Streamwise means in the direction of a stream.
What part of speech is streamwise?
Streamwise is an adjective.

Words near streamwise in the dictionary

  1. streamtubes
  2. streamwater
  3. streamwaters
  4. streamway
  5. streamways
  6. streamwise
  7. Streamwood
  8. streamwork
  9. streamworks
  10. streamy
  11. Strean

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