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one long straight object, streak, beam, ray (of light), wisp (of smoke)

one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one passage (in a book)

one matter (affair, event, case, incident)

the same logic, the same reason

one line; one streak; one stripe; one ray (of light); one wisp (of smoke)

one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); one strand (e.g. of hair); one beam (e.g. of light); one ray; one length (e.g. of rope)