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a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole; "he tried to pick up the strands of his former life"; "I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously" line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable chain: a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; fibril: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides) a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels maroon: leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned"
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(strand) (strand) a thread or fiber or a structure resembling one.
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A single lace, or used to convey the complexity of a braided layer (ie "8 strand overlay").
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A wire rope strand is made up of wires; the strands are then laid (qv) into a wire rope.
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Beach and very shallow coastal area dominated by shoreline processes, particularly wave processes.
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