single thread

noun

computing the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption

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How to use single thread in a sentence

It was a fearful moment—a moment in which Pawnee Brown's life hung by a single thread.
The Boy Land Boomer | Ralph Bonehill
The whole is in fact composed of one single thread, but arranged in two distinct modes.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4) | William Kirby
He spins a single thread long enough to reach across and then trusts to the wind.
Harper's Round Table, August 27, 1895 | Various
The chain stitch when perfectly done should look like the stitch made by a single-thread machine.
Textiles and Clothing | Kate Heintz Watson
The two chief types of machines are the lock stitch, using double thread, and the chain or loop stitch, using a single thread.
Textiles and Clothing | Kate Heintz Watson

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