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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.
11.
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.
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Streams
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verb (used with object)
Idiom14.
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.
17.
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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Science Dictionary
stream  (strēm) Pronunciation Key
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Computing Dictionary
STREAMS definition
operating systemA collection of system calls, kernel resources, and kernel utility routines that can create, use, and dismantle a stream. A "stream head" provides the interface between the stream and the user processes. Its principal function is to process STREAMS-related user system calls. A "stream module" processes data that travel bewteen the stream head and driver. The "stream end" provides the services of an external input/output device or an internal software driver. The internal software driver is commonly called a pseudo-device driver.
The STREAMS concept has been formalised in Unix System V. For example, SVR4 implements sockets and pipes using STREAMS, resulting in pipe(2) openning bidirectional pipes.
[IBM AIX 3.2 Communication Programming Concepts, SC23-2206-03].
(1999-06-29)
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