stroom

Definitions of stroom
  1. noun
    the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
    synonyms: beek, stroming
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    types:
    confidentie, instroom, ontboezeming, overstroming, overvloeiing, spui, verlaat, watersnood, watervloed
    a large flow
    type of:
    beweging, omzetting, stroming, translocatie, transpositie, verplaatsing
    the act of changing location from one place to another
  2. noun
    a flow of electricity through a conductor
    synonyms: stroomsterkte
  3. noun
    energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
    synonyms: elektriciteit
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    types:
    wisselstroom
    an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally
    gelijkstroom
    an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
    type of:
    energie
    (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
  4. noun
    the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
    synonyms: potentiaal, potentiaalverschil, spanning, spanningsverschil, voltage
  5. noun
    a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
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    types:
    vloedstroom
    the water current caused by the tides
    draaikolk, kolk, maalstroom, neer, wieling
    a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
    bubbelbad, whirlpool
    a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
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