streaming
Flowing or moving in continuous succession, like fluid in a stream.
Adjective
- Flowing or moving in continuous succession, like fluid in a stream.
Synonyms: fluent onrushing flowing fluid fluminous fluxive free-flowing quick running streaming
Origin
From Middle English stremyng, stremynge, stremande, equivalent to stream + -ing.
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Noun
- Movement as a stream.
- The transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data without first storing it.
- Streaming has a dirty secret. The carbon footprint produced by fans watching a month of Netflix’s top 10 global TV hits is equivalent to driving a car a hefty distance beyond Saturn. - 2021 October 29, Mark Sweney,...
- The entertainment industry is trying to figure out the economics of streaming. It’s also facing angst over a tech-powered future and fighting to stay culturally dominant. - 2023 July 15, Brooks Barnes, “In Hollywood,...
- Synonym of livestreaming.
Synonyms: livestreaming
- Division of classes into academic streams.
- Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so...
Synonyms: tracking
- The working of alluvial deposits to obtain ore.
Origin
From Middle English stremynge, equivalent to stream + -ing.
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counterstreaming cytoplasmic streaming direct-to-streaming instreaming lifestreaming microstreaming nonstreaming order streaming pseudostreaming streaming data streaming encoder streaming media streaming movement streaming radio streaming server streaming service streaming tape streaming video streaming XML
Verb
- present participle and gerund of stream