streaming

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English

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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 and gerund 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.
    • 2021 October 29, Mark Sweney, “Streaming’s dirty secret: how viewing Netflix top 10 creates vast quantity of CO2”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:
      Streaming has a dirty secret. The carbon footprint produced by fans watching a month of Netflix’s top 10 global TV hits is equivalent to driving a car a hefty distance beyond Saturn.
    • 2023 July 15, Brooks Barnes, “In Hollywood, the Strikes Are Just Part of the Problem”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      The entertainment industry is trying to figure out the economics of streaming. It’s also facing angst over a tech-powered future and fighting to stay culturally dominant.
  3. (Internet) Synonym of livestreaming.
  4. (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.
  5. The working of alluvial deposits to get ore.
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French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English streaming.

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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.

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