stream
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[edit] English
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From Old English strēam.
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stream (plural streams)
- A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks
- A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air)
- He poured the milk in a thin stream from the jug to the glass.
- Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words
- Her constant nagging was to him a stream of abuse.
- (sciences) An umbrella term for all moving waters.
- (computing) A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
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small river
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Any steady flow or succession of material
- to be checked
- Hebrew: גיח m.
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to stream (third-person singular simple present streams, present participle streaming, simple past and past participle streamed)
- (intransitive) To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
- (Internet) To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.
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- streaming media
- (computing):standard streams
[edit] Old English
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Proto-Germanic *straumaz, whence also Old High German stroum, Old Norse straumr (Norwegian straum, Icelandic straumur)
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strēam m
- stream
[edit] West Frisian
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stream c.
- river
- stream

