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A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.
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A continued theme or idea.
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All of these essays have a common thread.
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A screw thread.
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A sequence of connections.
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The line midway between the banks of a stream.
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A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
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A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread.
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A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
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Composition; quality; fineness.