Streaming
['striːmɪŋ] or ['strimɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) (computer science) using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport; used mainly to provide backup storage of unedited data; 'streaming audio'; 'streaming video recording' .
(adj.) exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts; 'his streaming face'; 'her streaming eyes' .
Typist: Mabel--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stream
(a.) Sending forth streams.
(n.) The act or operation of that which streams; the act of that which sends forth, or which runs in, streams.
(n.) The reduction of stream tin; also, the search for stream tin.
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Examples
- Horsemen were streaming off in every direction, and the clatter of empty wagons being driven off almost drowned the sound of that terrible singing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The little drawing-room was looking its best in the streaming light of the morning sun. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- They dissolved into a vast multitude of fugitives streaming under great dust clouds and without a single rally across the hot plain towards Arbela. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Near this stood Caliphronas, and the red light streaming on his statuesque face, his white garb, made him a very striking figure. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- And, with streaming eyes and choking voice, the black man looked up to heaven. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He was soon streaming blood from a half dozen minor wounds, but I could not obtain an opening to deliver an effective thrust. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Then comes Tana, shrieking and holding tight her side from which blood is streaming. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He greeted us with a stately courtesy and seated himself at his desk, his red beard streaming down on the table. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Tom had his master's hands between his own; and, with tears streaming down his dark cheeks, looked up for help where he had always been used to look. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It had a flight of storks streaming through a turquoise sky of light, over a dark earth. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Polly ran forward, her yellow shawl streaming in the breeze. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Rather tall, of a lithe nimble figure, extremely pale, with large faded eyes, and a quantity of streaming hair. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- There is the fire streaming into the sky, streaming brighter than ever to light us! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Light this halt of the pilgrims by the wild red flames of cressets and torches, streaming up at intervals from every part of the innumerable throng. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Clara was greatly moved; with streaming eyes, suppressing her sobs, she leaned from the window, watching the last glimpse of her native Windsor. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Edited by Ian