obsequent stream

[ob-si-kwuhnt]

ob·se·quent stream

[ob-si-kwuhnt]
noun Geology.
a stream flowing in a direction opposite to that of the dip of the local strata.


Origin:
1890–95
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Obsequent stream is always a great word to know.
So is porosity. Does it mean:
process where the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves
ratio of the volume of the pores of a substance to the total volume of the mass
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