Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, issuing, as rays of light: as, rays streaming from the dexter chief.
- noun In tin-mining, the washing of tin ore from the detritus with which it is associated.
- noun In biology, the peculiar flowing motion of the particles of protoplasm in an amœba or other rhizopod, by which the form of the animalcule changes or pseudopods are protruded; also, the similar circulation or rotation of the protoplasm of some plant-cells. See
protoplasm , and rotation of protoplasm (under rotation).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Sending forth streams.
- noun The act or operation of that which streams; the act of that which sends forth, or which runs in, streams.
- noun (Mining) The reduction of stream tin; also, the search for stream tin.
- noun (Biol.) the rapid flow of cytoplasm within a cell; -- called also
protoplasmic streaming .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
stream . - adjective that streams
- noun computing The
transmission ofdigital audio orvideo , or the reception orplayback of suchdata without firststoring it. - noun UK, education Division of classes into academic
streams .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts
- noun the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell
- adjective (computer science) using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport; used mainly to provide backup storage of unedited data
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Examples
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The extreme is screaming meemies, which Picturesque Expressions by Laurence Urdang notes originated as a World War II nickname for German rocket shells and is now often confused with the phrase streaming media.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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The extreme is screaming meemies, which Picturesque Expressions by Laurence Urdang notes originated as a World War II nickname for German rocket shells and is now often confused with the phrase streaming media.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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I’m lucky, she told herself, the word streaming like a silver ribbon through her mind.
Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult 2007
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I’m lucky, she told herself, the word streaming like a silver ribbon through her mind.
Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult 2007
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As grains of wheat held in a hand flow streaming from a grip of stone, so I, in time and cant, am blown across an ancient, braver land on winds of bone.
The Lucifer Cantos 7/13 Hal Duncan 2009
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What Citrix used to call its Presentation Server product for application streaming is now referred to as XenApp and labeled a "virtualization" technology.
5 tips for a smooth Windows 7 migration Jon Brodkin 2010
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Music streaming is also fairly straightforward, but offers preview streams along with full downloads.
Opera Unite Puts A Media Server In Your Browser | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Some people have talked about streaming, but the income you make from streaming is really, really low, and so far, the adoption of it is incredibly low.
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I have written to you once before, and your reply said the live streaming is working at your end and you cannot imagine what could be wrong at my end.
Tour de France Streaming Live On SBS Site | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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As grains of wheat held in a hand flow streaming from a grip of stone, so I, in time and cant, am blown across an ancient, braver land on winds of bone.
Archive 2009-07-01 Hal Duncan 2009
maui1 commented on the word streaming
There is the sense of streaming data and now the very metaphor of the web is changing from a web of data to a stream of data. Streams of data were first associated with realtime sensors and sensor nets, but now has expanded to encompass realtime and constantly changing updates to topics such as on twitter.
June 9, 2009