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stream⋅ing

  [stree-ming]
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–noun
1. an act or instance of flowing.
2. Also called protoplasmic streaming. Biology. rapid flowing of cytoplasm within a cell; cyclosis.
3. Computers. a technology for transferring data so that it can be received and processed in a steady stream: live streaming video.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME streming. See stream, -ing 1

Related forms:
stream⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

stream

  [streem]
–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. a 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. prevailing 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 fol. by with): eyes streaming with tears.
10. to extend in a beam or in rays, as light: Sunlight streamed in through the windows.
11. to move or proceed continuously like a flowing stream, as a procession.
12. to wave or float outward, as a flag in the wind.
13. to hang in a loose, flowing manner, as long hair.
–verb (used with object)
14. to send forth or discharge in a stream: The wound streamed blood.
15. to cause to stream or float outward, as a flag.
16. Nautical. to place (an object) in the water at the end of a line attached to a vessel.
—Idiom
17. on stream, in or into operation: The factory will be on stream in a month.
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME streem, OE strēam; c. G Strom, ON straumr; akin to Gk rheîn to flow (see rheum ); (v.) ME streamen, deriv. of the n.

Related forms:
streamless, adjective
streamlike, adjective

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.
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stream   (strēm)   
n.  

    1. A flow of water in a channel or bed, as a brook, rivulet, or small river.

    2. A steady current in such a flow of water.

  2. A steady current of a fluid.

  3. A steady flow or succession: a stream of insults. See Synonyms at flow.

  4. A trend, course, or drift, as of opinion, thought, or history.

  5. A beam or ray of light.

  6. Chiefly British A course of study to which students are tracked.

v.   streamed, stream·ing, streams

v.   intr.

  1. To flow in or as if in a stream.

  2. To pour forth or give off a stream; flow: My eyes were streaming with tears.

  3. To come or go in large numbers; pour: Traffic was streaming by. Fan mail streamed in.

  4. To extend, wave, or float outward: The banner streamed in the breeze.

    1. To leave a continuous trail of light.

    2. To give forth a continuous stream of light rays or beams; shine.

v.   tr.

  1. To emit, discharge, or exude (a body fluid, for example).

  2. Computer Science To transmit (data) in real time, especially over the Internet.


[Middle English streme, from Old English strēam; see sreu- in Indo-European roots.]
stream'y adj.
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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 sea" (e.g. Gulf Stream) is recorded from c.1375. The verb is attested from c.1225. Streamer "flag that streams in the air" is recorded from 1292. Stream of consciousness in lit crit first recorded 1931, originally in psychology (1855).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: stream
Pronunciation: 'strEm
Function: noun
: an unbroken current or flow (as of water, a bodily fluid, a gas, or particles of matter) —seeBLOODSTREAM, MIDSTREAM

Main Entry: stream·ing
Pronunciation: 'strE-mi[ng]
Function: noun
: an act or instance of flowing; specifically : CYCLOSIS
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

streaming stream·ing (strē'mĭng)
n.
Streaming movement.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Computing Dictionary

streaming communications
Playing 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)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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