flow stream | the act of flowing or streaming, continuous progression |
psychoanalysis analysis depth psychology | a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders, based on the theories of Sigmund Freud, his physician recommended psychoanalysis |
depth charge depth bomb | a bomb that explodes at a preset depth under water, antisubmarine device |
depth finder | navigational instrument used to measure the depth of a body of water (as by ultrasound or radar) |
depth gauge depth gage | a gauge for measuring the depth of grooves or holes or other concavities |
sonic depth finder fathometer | depth finder for determining depth of water or a submerged object by means of ultrasound waves |
critical mass | the minimum mass of fissionable material that can sustain a chain reaction |
depth | degree of psychological or intellectual profundity |
critical mass | the minimum amount (of something) required to start or maintain a venture, the battle for the computer market has now reached critical mass, there is now a critical mass of successful women to take the lead, they sold the business because it lacked critical mass |
depth | the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense, the depth of his breathing, the depth of his sighs, the depth of his emotion |
depth deepness | the extent downward or backward or inward, the depth of the water, depth of a shelf, depth of a closet |
bloodstream blood stream | the blood flowing through the circulatory system |
astuteness profundity profoundness depth deepness | the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas |
stream of consciousness | the continuous flow of ideas and feelings that constitute an individual's conscious experience |
critical appraisal critical analysis | an appraisal based on careful analytical evaluation |
stream of consciousness | a literary genre that reveals a character's thoughts and feeling as they develop by means of a long soliloquy |
review critique critical review review article | an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play) |
current stream | a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes), the raft floated downstream on the current, he felt a stream of air, the hose ejected a stream of water |
torrent violent stream | a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid), the houses were swept away in the torrent |
stream flow current | dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas, two streams of development run through American history, stream of consciousness, the flow of thought, the current of history |
depth | (usually plural) the deepest and most remote part, from the depths of darkest Africa, signals received from the depths of space |
stream watercourse | a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth |
tidal river tidewater river tidal stream tidewater stream | a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream |
jet stream | a high-speed high-altitude airstream blowing from west to east near the top of the troposphere, has important effects of the formation of weather fronts |
Gulf stream | a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean |
meteor shower meteor stream | a transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere |
stream orchid chatterbox giant helleborine Epipactis gigantea | orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf |
critical angle | the smallest angle of incidence for which light is totally reflected |
stream flow | something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously, a stream of people emptied from the terminal, the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors |
juncture critical point crossroads | a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made, at that juncture he had no idea what to do, he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point |
depth | (usually plural) a low moral state, he had sunk to the depths of addiction |
stream | exude profusely, She was streaming with sweat, His nose streamed blood |
pour swarm stream teem pullulate | move in large numbers, people were pouring out of the theater, beggars pullulated in the plaza |
stream well out | flow freely and abundantly, Tears streamed down her face |
stream | to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind, their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind |
pour pelt stream rain cats and dogs rain buckets | rain heavily, Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside! |
critical | marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws, a critical attitude |
critical | characterized by careful evaluation and judgment, a critical reading, a critical dissertation, a critical analysis of Melville's writings |
critical | being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency, a critical shortage of food, a critical illness, an illness at the critical stage |
critical | at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction, a critical temperature of water idegrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure, critical mass, go critical |
critical decisive | forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis, a critical point in the campaign, the critical test |
critical vital | urgently needed, absolutely necessary, a critical element of the plan, critical medical supplies, vital for a healthy society, of vital interest |
critical | of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism, critical acclaim |