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noun
1.
an act or instance of flowing.
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3.
Computers. a technology for transferring data so that it can be received and processed in a steady stream: live streaming video.
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Streaming
is always a great word to know.
So is asexual. Does it mean:
| single-celled colonial algae occurring in soil and on moist rocks and vegetation and also as a slime or scum on ponds and stagnant waters |
| having no sexual organs; independent of sexual processes; not involving the union of male and female germ cells |
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noun
1.
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook.
2.
a steady current in water, as in a river or the ocean: to row against the stream; the Gulf Stream.
3.
any flow of water or other liquid or fluid: streams of blood.
4.
a current or flow of air, gas, or the like.
5.
EXPANDa beam or trail of light: A stream of moonlight fell from the clouds.
6.
a continuous flow or succession of anything: a stream of words.
7.
COLLAPSEprevailing direction; drift: the stream of opinion.
verb (used without object)
8.
to flow, pass, or issue in a stream, as water, tears, or blood.
9.
to send forth or throw off a stream; run or flow (often followed by with): eyes streaming with tears.
10.
to extend in a beam or in rays, as light: Sunlight streamed in through the windows.
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to move or proceed continuously like a flowing stream, as a procession.
12.
EXPANDto wave or float outward, as a flag in the wind.
13.
COLLAPSEto hang in a loose, flowing manner, as long hair.
verb (used with object)
Idiom14.
to send forth or discharge in a stream: The wound streamed blood.
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to cause to stream or float outward, as a flag.
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Nautical. to place (an object) in the water at the end of a line attached to a vessel.
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on stream, in or into operation: The factory will be on stream in a month.
Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English streem, Old English strēam; cognate with German Strom, Old Norse straumr; akin to Greek rheîn to flow (see rheum); (v.) Middle English streamen, derivative of the noun
before 900; (noun) Middle English streem, Old English strēam; cognate with German Strom, Old Norse straumr; akin to Greek rheîn to flow (see rheum); (v.) Middle English streamen, derivative of the noun
Related forms
stream·less, adjective
stream·like, adjective
in·ter·stream, adjective
out·stream, verb (used with object)
un·der·stream, noun
Synonyms
1. rill, run, streamlet, runnel. Stream, current refer to a steady flow. In this use they are interchangeable. In the sense of running water, however, a stream is a flow that may be as small as a brook or as large as a river: A number of streams have their sources in mountains. Current refers to the most rapidly moving part of the stream: This river has a swift current. 2. flow, tide. 6. torrent, rush. 8. pour.
1. rill, run, streamlet, runnel. Stream, current refer to a steady flow. In this use they are interchangeable. In the sense of running water, however, a stream is a flow that may be as small as a brook or as large as a river: A number of streams have their sources in mountains. Current refers to the most rapidly moving part of the stream: This river has a swift current. 2. flow, tide. 6. torrent, rush. 8. pour.
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Word Origin & History
stream
O.E. stream "a course of water," from P.Gmc. *straumaz (cf. O.S. strom, O.N. straumr, Dan. strøm, Swed. ström, Norw. straum, O.Fris. stram, Du. stroom, O.H.G. stroum, Ger. Strom "current, river"), from PIE base *sreu- "flow" (see rheum). Meaning "current in the
EXPANDsea" (e.g. Gulf Stream) is recorded from late 14c. The verb is attested from early 13c. Streamer "flag that streams in the air" is recorded from late 13c. Stream of consciousness in lit crit first recorded 1931, originally in psychology (1855).
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Medical Dictionary
streaming stream·ing (strē'mĭng)
n.
Streaming movement.
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Science Dictionary
stream  (strēm) Pronunciation Key
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| streaming (strē'mĭng) Pronunciation Key
Relating to information that is transmitted in real time over the Internet, instead of being sent first as a file and then opened after it has been downloaded. |
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Computing Dictionary
streaming definition
communicationsPlaying sound or video in real time as it is downloaded over the Internet as opposed to storing it in a local file first. A plug-in to a web browser such as Netscape Navigator decompresses and plays the data as it is transferred to your computer over the World-Wide Web. Streaming audio or video avoids the delay entailed in downloading an entire file and then playing it with a helper application. Streaming requires a fast connection and a computer powerful enough to execute the decompression algorithm in real time.
(1996-11-06)
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