stream

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 Related terms 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 See also 2 Old English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 West Frisian 3.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English strēam.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (US)
  • IPA: /strim/
  • SAMPA: /strim/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -iːm

[edit] Noun

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stream (plural streams)

1. A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks
2. 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.

3. 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.

4. (sciences) An umbrella term for all moving waters.
5. (computing) A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.

[edit] Synonyms

• beck
• brook
• burn
• creek
• flow

[edit] Translations

to be checked

• Hebrew: גיח m.

[edit] Related terms

• streamer
• river
• jet stream
• Gulf Stream

[edit] Verb

to stream (third-person singular simple present streams, present participle streaming, simple past and past participle streamed)

1. (intransitive) To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
2. (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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[edit] See also

• streaming media
• (computing):standard streams

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *straumaz, whence also Old High German stroum, Old Norse straumr (Norwegian straum, Icelandic straumur)

[edit] Noun

strēam m

1. stream

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[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Noun

stream c.

1. river
2. stream