(n) a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole, Example: he tried to pick up the strands of his former life; I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously
n. [ Probably fr. D. streen a skein; akin to G. strähne a skein, lock of hair, strand of a rope. ] One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. strand; akin to D., G., Sw., & Dan. strand, Icel. strönd. ] The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Strand birds. (Zool.) See Shore birds, under Shore. -- Strand plover (Zool.), a black-bellied plover. See Illust. of Plover. -- Strand wolf (Zool.), the brown hyena. [ 1913 Webster ]
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