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пото́к — meaning in English

potok

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English meaning

  • brook noun A small, natural stream of water.
  • creek noun A small stream, narrower than a river.
  • flow noun The continuous, smooth movement of a liquid, gas, or stream of things.
  • flux noun A state of continuous change.
  • rivulet noun A small stream; a streamlet; a gill.
  • run verb To move quickly on foot, faster than walking.
  • runnel noun A small stream, a rivulet.
  • stream noun A small natural flow of water, smaller than a river.
  • tide noun The regular rise and fall of the sea, caused mainly by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.

Senses

пото́к is used for these senses in English:

  • brook A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
  • creek (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water, typically a stream of freshwater smaller than a river; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.
  • flow (math) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.
  • fluence (physics) A measure of particle flux (or that of a pulse of electromagnetic radiation)
  • flux (physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface.
  • rivulet A small stream; a streamlet; a gill.
  • run A flow of liquid; a leak.
  • run (chiefly, eastern, _, North Midland US, especially, Ohio, Pennsylvania) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)

brook — full definition

  1. noun A small, natural stream of water.
  2. verb To tolerate or put up with, especially something unwelcome (usually used in the negative).

creek — full definition

  1. noun A small stream, narrower than a river.
  2. noun A narrow inlet of water, often connecting to the sea.

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