streaming
an act or instance of flowing.
Also called protoplasmic streaming. Biology. rapid flowing of cytoplasm within a cell; cyclosis.
Digital Technology. a technology for transferring data so that it can be received and processed in a steady stream: streaming video.
Origin of streaming
1Other words from streaming
- stream·ing·ly, adverb
- un·stream·ing, adjective
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How to use streaming in a sentence
Their gowns are laced commonly with streamings of ale, the superfluities of a cup or throat above measure.
Microcosmography | John EarleTheir gowns are laced commonly with streamings of ale, superfluities of a cup or throat above measure.
Character Writings of the 17th Century | VariousBut it is not only a magnet that is thus surrounded by lines of magnetic force, or by ether streamings.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIV | John LordThese lines are still called "lines of magnetic force," or by some "magnetic streamings" "magnetic flux," or simply "magnetism."
Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIV | John Lord
Scientific definitions for streaming
[ strē′mĭng ]
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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