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Noun: streaming  stree-ming
  1. Delivery of a continuous data stream, esp. of audio or video over the Internet
     
  2. The circulation of cytoplasm within a cell
    - cyclosis
     
  3. [Brit] Putting pupils into groups of similar ability to be taught together
Adjective: streaming  stree-ming
  1. Exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts
    "his streaming face"; "her streaming eyes"
     
  2. (computing) using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport; used mainly to provide backup storage of unedited data; data that is transmitted and loaded continuously as earlier parts are being accessed/processed/displayed
    "streaming audio"; "streaming video recording"
Verb: stream  streem
  1. To extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
    "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"
     
  2. Exude profusely
    "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"
     
  3. Move in large numbers
    "people were streaming out of the theatre";
    - pour, swarm, teem, pullulate
     
  4. Flow freely and abundantly
    "Tears streamed down her face";
    - well out
     
  5. Play a video or audio file as it downloads from the Internet

Derived forms: streamings

See also: unprocessed

Type of: be adrift, blow, course, crowd, crowd together, drift, exudate, exude, feed, float, flow, ooze, ooze out, organic phenomenon, run, transude

Encyclopedia: Streaming

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