streaming

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɹiːmɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -iːmɪŋ

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

streaming (comparative more streaming, superlative most streaming)

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

   Synonyms: fluent, onrushing; see also Thesaurus:flowing

Verb

streaming

1. present participle of stream

Etymology 2

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

Noun

streaming (usually uncountable, plural streamings)

1. Movement as a stream.
2. (computing) The transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data without first storing it.
3. (UK, education) Division of classes into academic streams.

   Synonym: tracking

   • 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:

     Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.

4. The working of alluvial deposits to get ore.

Derived terms

• streaming data
• streaming encoder
• streaming media
• streaming movement
• streaming radio
• streaming server
• streaming tape
• streaming video
• streaming XML

 

Related terms

• stream

Descendants

• → French: streaming
• → German: Streaming
• → Japanese: ストリーミング (sutorīmingu)
• → Korean: 스트리밍 (seuteuriming)
• → Portuguese: streaming
• → Spanish: streaming

Translations

computing

• Esperanto: elsendfluo (eo)
• Finnish: suoratoisto (fi) (playback), suoralähetys (broadcasting), striimaus (fi) (colloquial), streamaus (colloquial)
• French: flux (fr) m, streaming (fr) m
• Georgian: სტრიმინგი (sṭrimingi)
• German: Streaming (de)
• Greek: ροοθήκευση (el) f (roothíkefsi)
• Hebrew: שידור חי‎
• Japanese: ストリーミング (ja) (sutorīmingu)
• Korean: 스트리밍 (seuteuriming), 스밍 (seuming)
• Maori: romaroma
• Portuguese: streaming (pt) m
• Spanish: streaming m, transmisión (es) f

Anagrams

• Germanist, emigrants, man-tigers, mastering, remasting, rematings

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English streaming.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stʁi.miŋ/

Noun

streaming m (plural streamings)

1. (computing) streaming (the transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data without first storing it)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English streaming.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈstɾĩ.mĩ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈstɾĩ.mĩ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈstɾi.mĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈstɾi.mĩɡ/

Noun

streaming m (plural streamings)

1. (computing) streaming (the transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data without first storing it)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English streaming.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtɾimin/ [esˈt̪ɾi.mĩn]
• Rhymes: -imin

Noun

streaming m (plural streamings)

1. (computing) streaming (the transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data without first storing it)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.