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streaming

adj
/ˈstɹiːmɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English stremyng, stremynge, stremande, equivalent to stream + -ing.

  1. inherited from stremyng

Definitions

  1. Flowing or moving in continuous succession, like fluid in a stream.

  2. present participle and gerund of stream

  3. Movement as a stream.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. The transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data…

      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.
      • 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.

    2. Synonym of livestreaming.

    3. Division of classes into academic streams.

    4. The working of alluvial deposits to obtain ore.

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Derived

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

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for streaming. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA