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incident
Noun
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An incident is an event or occurrence.
What happened before was sure an unusual incident.
He was fired over an incident in the staff lounge.
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An incident is a small event that has something to do with other events.
stream
Noun
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A stream is a very small river or creek.
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A stream is something that comes in an order without stopping (like water in a stream).
Stop interrupting me, you are breaking my stream of thought.
The data stream from Florida suddenly stopped.
stream
Verb
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If something streams, it comes in a flow, usually in order and often not stopping.
The website offered streaming music and video files.
velocity
Noun
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Something's velocity is how fast it is moving.
The bullet comes out of a gun at a high velocity.
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In science, velocity is how fast something is moving in a particular direction.
The velocity of the car was 10 metres per second to the north-east when it hit the tree.