2. Verb. (third-person singular of streak) ¹
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Definition of Streaks
1. streak [v] - See also: streak
Lexicographical Neighbors of Streaks
Literary usage of Streaks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1892)
"On the probable Nature of the Bright streaks on the Moon. Hy Dr. RALPH COPELAND,
FRAS, FRSE In this paper the author described the chief features of the ..."
2. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1892)
"The systems of bright streaks on the moon which radiate from the craters Tycho,
... These streaks have been more or less accurately depicted in the ..."
3. Astronomy and Astro-physics by European Southern Observatory, Goodsell Observatory (1886)
"1877 August 12 60 +50 swift, streaks. 1877 August 16 61 +48 swift, streaks. ...
+38 swift, streaks. 1879 September 20 and 21 61 +38 swift, streaks. ..."
4. Annals of Ophthalmology (1904)
"PIGMENT streaks IN MACULA REGION OF BOTH EYES. BY J. ELLIS JENNINGS, MD, ST.
LOUIS. Pigment streaks on the fundus are of such infrequent occurrence that I ..."
5. The Moon: Her Motions, Aspect, Scenery, and Physical Condition by Richard Anthony Proctor (1873)
"The same picture well exhibits the radiating bright streaks from Copernicus, ...
"In some cases," Webb remarks, " the streaks proceed from a circular grey ..."
6. The Observatory by Royal Astronomical Society (Gran Bretaña), Royal Greenwich Observatory, NASA Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service, Royal astronomical society GB (1892)
"(7) There are no very long streaks. They vary from ten to fifty miles in length
and are rarely more than a quarter of a mile in width at the crater. ..."
7. The Observatory (1892)
"(7) There are no very long streaks. They vary from ten to fifty miles in length
... The latter statement, regarding the length of the streaks, is so utterly ..."
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