| a. | 1. | Sending forth streams. |
| n. | 1. | The act or operation of that which streams; the act of that which sends forth, or which runs in, streams. |
| 2. | (Mining) The reduction of stream tin; also, the search for stream tin. | |
| 3. | (Biol.) the rapid flow of cytoplasm within a cell; - called also |
| Noun | 1. | streaming - the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell Synonyms: cyclosis |
| Adj. | 1. | streaming - exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts; "his streaming face"; "her streaming eyes" |
| 2. | streaming - moving smoothly and continuously; "crowds flowing through the canyons of the streets"; "fan streaming into the concert hall" Synonyms: flowing | |
| 3. | streaming - (of liquids) moving freely; "a flowing brook" Synonyms: flowing |
| (communications) | streaming - Playing sound or video in real time as it is downloaded over the Internet as opposed to storing it in a local file first. A plug-in to a web browser such as Netscape Navigator decompresses and plays the data as it is transferred to your computer over the World-Wide Web. Streaming audio or video avoids the delay entailed in downloading an entire file and then playing it with a helper application. Streaming requires a fast connection and a computer powerful enough to execute the decompression algorithm in real time. |
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