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
