streakline

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

streak +‎ line

Noun[edit]

streakline (plural streaklines)

  1. A locus of points of all the fluid particles that have passed continuously through a particular spatial point in the past.
    Dye steadily injected into the fluid at a fixed point extends along a streakline.