streaming

[stree-ming]

noun

1. an act or instance of flowing.

2. Also called protoplasmic streaming. Biology.,  rapid flowing of cytoplasm within a cell; cyclosis.

3. Digital Technology.,  a technology for transferring data so that it can be received and processed in a steady stream.

   streaming video.

streaming

1. Relating to information that is transmitted in real time over the Internet, instead of being sent first as a file and then opened after it has been downloaded.

Other Word Forms

• streamingly adverb
• unstreaming adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of streaming¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, streaming is from the Middle English word streming. See stream, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Now, Blind Date is set for a relaunch on Disney+, "reimagined for a contemporary audience" according to the streaming site.

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The streaming service told Variety normal service was resumed within five minutes.

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Stranger Things is one of the biggest gems in Netflix's crown, and became one of the streaming giant's earliest original hit series in the mid-2010s.

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But professional composers by no means went away, and have only grown in importance with the rise of blockbuster pop in the streaming era.

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Broadcasters argue with some cause that the cap prevents them from combining to increase leverage with advertisers, as well as cable and streaming providers that they negotiate with to carry their stations.

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