second order stream

noun

a stream formed by the confluence of two first order streams, or of a first order stream and a second order stream

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Meanings

nounsecond order stream (plural second order streams)

plural second order streams

  1. a stream formed by the confluence of two first order streams, or of a first order stream and a second order stream
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