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obsequent stream
[ ob-si-kwuhnt ]
/ ˈɒb sɪ kwənt /
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noun Geology.
a stream flowing in a direction opposite to that of the dip of the local strata.
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Origin of obsequent stream
First recorded in 1890–95
Words nearby obsequent stream
obscurity, obscurum per obscurius, obsecrate, obsequence, obsequent, obsequent stream, obsequies, obsequious, obsequiousness, obsequy, observable
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