Stream Meaning and Definition

Word: Stream

How to pronounce: striːm

Noun

Definitions:

1. A small, narrow river.

Example sentences: "A perfect trout stream"

2. A continuous flow of liquid, air, or gas.

Example sentences: "Frank blew out a stream of smoke"

3. A continuous flow of data or instructions, typically one having a constant or predictable rate.

Example sentences: "The neat property of this attack is that the capacity of this storage mechanism scales at exactly the same rate as the data stream's rate does."

4. A group in which schoolchildren of the same age and ability are taught; a track.

Example sentences: "Children in the top streams"

Verb

Definitions:

1. (of liquid) run or flow in a continuous current in a specified direction.

Example sentences: "She sat with tears streaming down her face"

2. Transmit or receive (data, especially video and audio material) over the internet as a steady, continuous flow.

Example sentences: "During a ground contact event, the payload streams data in real time through a series of software pipes."

3. Put (schoolchildren) in groups of the same age and ability to be taught together; track.

Example sentences: "In the coming school year, we were to be streamed"

Synonyms:

flow

inflow

current

flow stream

drift

breeze

rivulet

rill

trickle

tiny brook

creek

brook

watercourses

riverbed

small river

river

flowing

watercourse

water course

burn

pour

Derivations:

streaming

streamer

streamlet

streamed

streamy

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Stream in Other Languages...

Spanish: Flujo

German: Stream

French: Flux

Italian: Flusso

Turkish: Akış