forestream
nounEtymology From fore- + stream.
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The initial, early, or forward-positioned part of a stream (all senses); a stream occurring at the ahead or front (of a thing)
- With strip cup eliminate the forestreams of each teat to detect abnormal milk, to be assured of let-down of milk, and to reduce bacterial count of milk.1956, Farm and Home News - Volumes 8-9
- Their training in English political theory and economics put them among "the forestream" of Japanese who dealt with national problems.1961, Harvard University. East Asian Research Center, Papers on Japan - Volumes 1-3:
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- The second derivative of the forestream signal marks exactly the beginning of the upstroke of the pulse wave.1976, Med Biol Eng, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- The white cell count of the forestream urine is higher than in the remainder. Urethritis can be due to meatal stenosis, foreign bodies, a tumour, a periurethral abscess or a diverticulum.1993, Claus Simon, Wolfgang Stille, Peter J. Wilkinson, Antibiotic therapy in clinical practice:
- The transition models of both Mayle and Dunham are highly dependent on the forestream turbulence intensity.1994, Journal of Turbomachinery - Volume 116
- Furthermore sometimes E. coli O157:H7 can enter milk directly from the [infected] udder, or from the teat duct in the forestream of milk (Wright et al., 1994).2002, Rosa K. Pawsey, Case Studies in Food Microbiology for Food Safety and Quality: