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▪ I. streaming, vbl. n.|ˈstriːmɪŋ|
[f. stream v. + -ing1.]
a. The action of the verb in various senses; an instance of this.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. xxviii. (1495) x vj, Arystotle sayth that lyghte is noo body, nother stremynge oute of a body. 1607Hieron Wks. (1614) I. 206 In a conuenient season, the veines of the earth are opened, and the dryed spring returneth to his former streaming. 1624Gee Foot out of Snare xv. 97 This streaming of my pen from the fountaine of my heart. 1655W. Gurnall Chr. in Armour i. 45 The streamings forth of divine grace. a1716South Serm. (1842) III. 601 We should deal with these first streamings out of sin, as the Psalmist would have the people of God deal with the brats of Babylon. 1887Besant The World went xv. II. 24 The women..who can afford it have ribbons round their hats, the streaming of which in the breeze greatly gratifies them.
†b. The Aurora Borealis. Obs. Cf. streamer n. 3 d.
1694Acc. Sev. Late Voy. ii. (1711) 214 Nor should I much doubt to affirm, that it [this light] is that which is sometimes seen in England, and especially in the Northern parts, call'd Streaming. 1727Derham Lumen Boreale in Phil. Trans. XXXIV. 245 There are two sorts of Streamings,..one, by way of Explosion from the Horizon; the other, by opening and shutting, [etc.].
c. Her. (See quot.)
1725J. Coats Dict. Her. (1739) 319 Streaming is the Term us'd to express the Stream of Light darting from a Comet, or Blazing Star, vulgarly call'd the Beard.
d. Mining. The washing of ore (usually tin-ore) from the detritus with which it is associated.
1778W. Pryce Min. Cornub. 134 It did not require any great degree of penetration, to have comprehended Streaming and Draining under one idea. 1802Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 110 Hence the streaming, as it is called, or washing of the earth to obtain the tin-stone from it. 1853Ure Dict. Arts (ed. 4) II. 859 The greatest quantity of tin has been produced by ‘streaming’ (as washing the debris in the valleys is termed).
e. Biol. A peculiar flowing motion or ‘rotation’ of protoplasm in a cell.
1875Bennett & Dyer tr. Sachs' Bot. 38 In the sacs of the Characeæ the nucleus disappears altogether when the streaming (Strömung) of the protoplasm begins. 1880Bessey Bot. 6 In their plasmodia..many kinds of movements may be observed, the commonest of which is streaming. 1894E. A. Minchin tr. Bütschli's Investig. Microsc. Foams 122 The so-called rotational streaming of the protoplasm.
f. Educ. The practice of dividing pupils in a school into streams (sense 6 e). Also, the allocation of pupils to different schools according to ability.
1954Brit. Jrnl. Psychol XLV. 147 Present methods of streaming in primary and secondary schools do not give the more backward as good a chance to make up. 1961New Left Rev. Jan.–Feb. 6/2 A streaming system..with secondary modern, technical and grammar-type schools. 1966D. Jenkins Educated Society v. 200 An argument for turning all Secondary schools into Comprehensive schools with a strong streaming system. 1971Where Sept. 262/2 The practice of streaming—classifying children according to their abilities in reading, writing and arithmetic—is gradually becoming suspect. 1980Daily Tel. 10 Dec. 16/6 The proposals include phasing out of church schools, single sex schools, and streaming.
▸ g. Computing. The transfer of video and audio material over a network (now esp. the Internet) or (less commonly) from a disk as a continuous, real-time stream of data. Cf. stream n. Additions e, streaming adj. Additions b.
Streaming allows pre-recorded material to be accessed before the entire file has been downloaded and allows live broadcasts to be viewed over the Internet.
1987Why not streaming video recorders? in comp.graphics (Usenet newsgroup) 2 July Why not use streaming techniques? Back up a few frames, get up to speed, switch from play to record as the last frame goes by, cue the computer to start sending frames, record as many frames as the computer can send at full speed before it runs out of data, and then come to a normal stop. 1997Creative Technol. May 18/1 Streaming means that the first part of he audio file is saved in memory, then played while the rest of the soundfile is simultaneously downloading. 2001Personal Computer World July 194/1 Streaming, which enables you to start watching a video before it has completed downloading, has two forms: progressive and real time. 2006U.S. News & World Rep. 20 Mar. 60/3 AT&T says it will do nothing to block or degrade access to the public Internet. It's simply adding a premium sideband of video streaming.
▪ II. streaming, ppl. a.|ˈstriːmɪŋ|
[-ing2.]
That streams, in senses of the verb.
1. a. Of a liquid, a river, etc.: Flowing copiously. Of a source, surface, etc.: Overflowing, running, or dripping with moisture.
1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Nov. 61 Let streaming teares be poured out in store. 1590― F.Q. iii. iv. 17 And with his streaming gore Distaines the pillours and the holy grownd. 1600Fairfax Tasso xiii. lxxvii, The streaming showres..which heau'n shed on the thirstie lands. 1655J. S. Bonarelli's Filli di Sciro iii. ii. 52 That little streaming Brook. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 784 From the slain Victims pour the streaming Blood. 1797Ht. Lee Canterb. T., Frenchm. T. (1799) I. 263 Constance..fixed her streaming eyes upon him. 1828Lights & Shades II. 256 With clasped hands and streaming cheeks she implores us to give up our design. 1850Tennyson In Mem. lxxii. 4 Blasts that..lash with storm the streaming pane.
transf. and fig.1784Cowper Task vi. 150 Laburnum, rich In streaming gold. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits i. Wks. (Bohn) II. 6 With a streaming humour, which floated everything he looked upon.
b. Of a cold: accompanied by copious running of the eyes and nose.
1923W. R. Inge Lay Thoughts (1926) iii. vii. 229 Persons..suffering from streaming colds, which are quite as infectious as..mumps or chicken-pox. 1982Guardian Weekly 26 Dec. 22/1 One is sorry for foreigners, both as a Christian duty and because they tend to have streaming colds.
2. Of light or other effluence: Issuing in a full stream. Of a luminous body: Emitting a stream of rays or beams.
13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 115 Stremande sternez. a1400–50Wars Alex. 3796 As ai stremand sternes stared all þaire wedis. 1513Bradshaw St. Werburge ii. 1656 Anone a stremyng sterre appered sodaynlye. 1600Tourneur Transf. Metam. lxxxv. D vj, Her streaming rayes haue pierc'd the cloudie skies. 1634Milton Comus 340 Som gentle taper..visit us With thy long levell'd rule of streaming light. 1735Somerville Chase iv. 73 If haply then he cross the streaming Scent, Away he flies vain glorious. 1757W. Wilkie Epigoniad i. 4 As, from the setting skies, At ev'n's approach, a streaming meteor flies. 1887Bowen Virg. æneid iii. 151 Clear in the streaming light they showed.
3. Of a flag, hair, etc.: see stream v. 3, 3 b.
1567Turberv. Epit., etc. 40 b, In steade of streaming sayles hee Wishes hanges aloft. 1575Fenton Gueuara's Golden Epist. (1582) 14 Thou mayest see in mine [house] many streaming ensignes. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xix. II. 143 Their streaming banners of silk..waved round the person of the emperor. 1792S. Rogers Pleas. Mem. i. 214 The mild Tupia..Long watch'd the streaming signal from the mast. 1836C. Wordsworth Athens ii. (1855) 11 Their braided hair falls over the back in two long streaming folds. 1855Poultry Chron. II. 519 The male bird..with his white streaming feathers.
4. Of persons or animals: Moving in a continuous stream.
1852Tennyson Ode Wellington 9 Here, in streaming London's central roar. 1895M. Hewlett Earthwork out of Tuscany 38 Streaming processions of virgins and young boys. 1900Westm. Gaz. 12 Jan. 3/1 A fox..went away..with the streaming pack on fairly good terms.
5. That ‘streams’ for tin: see stream v. 12.
1778W. Pryce Min. Cornub. 132 When a Streaming Tinner observes a place favourable in situation, he takes a lease..of the land owner or lord of the fee.
6. Biol. Of protoplasm: cf. streaming vbl. n. e.
1894E. A. Minchin tr. Bütschli's Investig. Microsc. Foams 124 The structural relations of the streaming protoplasm of the vegetable cell.
Hence ˈstreamingly adv.
a1500Medulla Gram., Coactim, stremyngly. 1585Higins Junius' Nomencl. 404/2 At the burning of Corinth the veins of copper, brasse, golde, and siluer did runne streamingly together, and become mixed. a1608Dee Relat. Spir. i. (1659) 362 Now goeth fire out of his mouth streamingly. 1677Coles Eng.-Lat. Dict., Streamingly, profluenter. 1710Fuller Pharmacop. 152 This of Turbith..brings off..thin Lympha..plentifully and streamingly.
Add:7. Computing. Pertaining to, designating, or making use of a form of tape transport, used mainly to provide backup storage, in which data may be transferred in large quantities without interruption while the tape is still in motion.
1979Electronics 24 May 208/3 In its high-speed ‘streaming’ mode, the unit's half-inch tape races along at 100 in./s, taking data on the fly in large blocks of up to a full disk at a time. 1980Ibid. 23 Oct. 240/2 There does not seem to be a consensus as to which way the industry will go—to floppies, tape cartridges, or streaming tapes. 1986Which Computer? Oct. 24/3 (Advt.), A single Minstrel 4 holds up to 160 MBytes formatted-disk capacity, with onboard streaming back-up of up to 60 MBytes. 1988Times 13 Apr. 31 The M240..offers three disk drive slots (with the option of integral streaming tape units for rapid disk back-up).
▸ b. Computing. Designating forms of technology which allow video and audio material to be transferred over a computer network or (less commonly) to and from a disk as a continuous, real-time stream of data; (now esp.) designating video or audio material transferred over the Internet in this way, as streaming audio, streaming media, streaming video, etc. See streaming n. Additions g.
1987in comp.graphics (Usenet newsgroup) 2 July (title) Why not streaming video recorders? 1991Infoworld (Nexis) 5 Aug. Director 3.0 supports System 7.0 capabilities, including..streaming audio playback. 1997Computer Weekly 18 Sept. 12/5 The format should provide Web site producers with better tools for creating streaming media. 2002F. Broughton & B. Brewster How to DJ (Properly) 232 There are two different ways to put your mix on the internet—as a standard soundfile (eg an MP3), which people can download; or as a streaming file, which they can listen to but not easily download. 2007Daily Tel. 2 Apr. 16/3 Welcome to the world of Justin Kan, who is ‘lifecasting’—transmitting live streaming video of everything he does, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. |