streamingn.

/ˈstriːmɪŋ/

Etymology: < stream v. + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of the verb in various senses; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > copious or continuous

gushingc1380

streaming1398

manation?a1425

pouring?a1425

outflowinga1586

effluence1628

effluxion1638

effluvium1651

efflux1651

outflow1785

beteeming1871

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > waving in the wind

wave1648

waving1751

wafture1880

streaming1887

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. xxviii. x vj Arystotle sayth that lyghte is noo body, nother stremynge oute of a body.

1607 S. Hieron Worth Water of Life in All the Serm. (1614) 206 In a conuenient season, the veines of the earth are opened, and the dryed spring returneth to his former streaming.

1624 J. Gee Foot out of Snare xv. 97 This streaming of my pen from the fountaine of my heart.

1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 45 The streamings forth of divine grace.

a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 481 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.

1887 W. Besant World Went II. xv. 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. Obsolete. Cf. streamer n. 3d.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > luminous appearance > [noun] > aurora > aurora borealis

dancing-goats1563

petty dancers1635

streaming1694

north-light1706

aurora borealis1717

dancersc1717

northern morning1717

northern lights1722

aurora septentrionalis1728

northern dawn1728

northern light1728

morris dancers1735

streamers1735

north-shine1738

fire-flaught1787

boreal dawn1805

northern morn1822

firelights1845

1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) ii. 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.

1728 Derham Lumen Boreale in Philos. Trans. 1726–7 (Royal Soc.) 34 245 There are two sorts of Streamings,..one, by way of Explosion from the Horizon; the other, by opening and shutting, [etc.].

c. Heraldry. (See quot. 1725.)

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of heavenly bodies or phenomena > [noun] > ray from star or comet

streaming1725

1725 J. Coats New Dict. Heraldry (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.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > washing or streaming

washing1578

stream-work1586

streaming1778

surfacing1852

1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 134 It did not require any great degree of penetration, to have comprehended Streaming and Draining under one idea.

1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 110 Hence the streaming, as it is called, or washing of the earth to obtain the tin-stone from it.

1853 A. Ure 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. Biology. A peculiar flowing motion or ‘rotation’ of protoplasm in a cell.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > movement > [noun] > of protoplasm, etc., in cell

streaming1875

systrophe1886

1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 38 In the sacs of the Characeæ the nucleus disappears altogether when the streaming (Strömung) of the protoplasm begins.

1880 C. E. Bessey Bot. 6 In their plasmodia..many kinds of movements may be observed, the commonest of which is streaming.

1894 E. A. Minchin tr. Bütschli Investig. Microsc. Foams 122 The so-called rotational streaming of the protoplasm.

f. Education. The practice of dividing pupils in a school into streams (stream n. 6e). Also, the allocation of pupils to different schools according to ability.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > school administration > [noun] > grouping of pupils by ability

ability grouping1917

streaming1954

unstreaming1964

tracking1967

banding1969

1954 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol 45 147 Present methods of streaming in primary and secondary schools do not give the more backward as good a chance to make up.

1961 New Left Rev. Jan. 6/2 A streaming system..with secondary modern, technical and grammar-type schools.

1966 D. Jenkins Educated Society v. 200 An argument for turning all Secondary schools into Comprehensive schools with a strong streaming system.

1971 Where Sept. 262/2 The practice of streaming—classifying children according to their abilities in reading, writing and arithmetic—is gradually becoming suspect.

1980 Daily Tel. 10 Dec. 16/6 The proposals include phasing out of church schools, single sex schools, and streaming.

Draft additions March 2008

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.

ΚΠ

1987 Why 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.

1997 Creative Technol. May 18/1 Streaming means that the first part of the audio file is saved in memory, then played while the rest of the soundfile is simultaneously downloading.

2001 Personal 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.

2006 U.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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

streamingadj.

/ˈstriːmɪŋ/

Etymology: -ing suffix².

That streams, in senses of the verb.

a. Of a liquid, a river, etc.: Flowing copiously. Of a source, surface, etc.: Overflowing, running, or dripping with moisture.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [adjective]

livingeOE

flowinga1000

runningOE

quicka1300

livish?1536

lively1548

streaming1579

streamyc1595

crystal-flowing1605

preterlabent1670

manant1727

affluent1863

the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adjective] > copiously or suddenly

wellingc1400

railinga1470

flushing?1548

washing1560

streaming1579

gushing1582

fluenta1592

teeming1627

the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adjective] > continuously

streaming1579

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > flowing abundantly

pouring1577

streaming1579

fluenta1592

affluent1704

gushingc1709

flooding1850

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Nov. 61 Let streaming teares be poured out in store.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iv. sig. Ff2 And with his streaming gore Distaines the pillours, and the holy grownd.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xiii. lxxvii. 249 The streaming showres..which heau'n shed on the thirstie lands.

1655 J. S. tr. B. della Rovere Phillis of Scyros iii. ii. 52 That little streaming Brook.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 146 From the slain Victims pour the streaming Blood.

1797 H. Lee Canterbury Tales I. 263 Constance..fixed her streaming eyes upon him.

1828 Lights & Shades Eng. Life II. 256 With clasped hands and streaming cheeks she implores us to give up our design.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxx. 98 Blasts that..lash with storm the streaming pane.

figurative and in extended use.1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 150 Laburnum, rich In streaming gold.1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits i. 21 With a streaming humor, which floated every thing he looked upon.

b. Of a cold: accompanied by copious running of the eyes and nose.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [adjective] > mucous discharge > of nose > accompanied by

snivelling1688

streaming1923

1923 W. R. Inge Lay Thoughts (1926) iii. vii. 229 Persons..suffering from streaming colds, which are quite as infectious as..mumps or chicken-pox.

1982 Guardian 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.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > [adjective] > emitting rays

beamy1398

flaming?a1400

streaminga1400

radious1417

radiantc1450

beamed1480

irradiant1526

beamish1530

beamsome1595

beamfula1631

irradiating1651

radiating1651

beaming1667

streamy1718

irradiativea1834

radiescent1863

emissive1870

a1400–50 Wars Alex. 3796 As ai stremand sternes stared all þaire wedis.

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 115 Stremande sternez.

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) ii. xx. sig. r.iii^v Anone a stremyng sterre appered sodaynlye.

1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. D6 Her streaming rayes haue pierc'd the cloudie skies.

1637 J. Milton Comus 12 Some gentle taper..Visit us With thy long levell'd rule of streaming light.

1735 W. Somervile Chace iv. 73 If haply then he cross the streaming Scent, Away he flies vain glorious.

1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad i. 4 As, from the setting skies, At ev'n's approach, a streaming meteor flies.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid iii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 156 Clear in the streaming light they showed.

3. Of a flag, hair, etc.: see stream v. 3a, 3b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > waving in the wind

windyc1450

streaming1567

flying1607

wavinga1616

flaunting1624

the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] > hanging down > streaming

streaming1567

plemmirrulate1592

flowing1606

flying1607

loose1781

streamy1813

fly-away1843

flowy1925

1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 40^v In steade of streaming sayles hee Wishes hanges aloft.

1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 8 Thou mayest see in mine [house] many streaming ensignes.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xix. 143 Their streaming banners of silk..waved round the person of the emperor.

1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. i. 214 The mild Tupia..Long watch'd the streaming signal from the mast.

1836 C. Wordsworth Athens & Attica ii. 14 The braided hair of these women falls over the back in two long streaming folds.

1855 Poultry Chron. 2 519 The male bird..with his white streaming feathers.

4. Of persons or animals: Moving in a continuous stream.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective] > in continuous stream

streaming1852

1852 Ld. Tennyson Ode Wellington 9 Here, in streaming London's central roar.

1895 M. Hewlett Earthwork out of Tuscany 38 Streaming processions of virgins and young boys.

1900 Westm. 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.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [adjective] > types of

streaming1778

off-handed1846

offhand1849

hard rock1890

1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 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. Biology. Of protoplasm: cf. streaming n. e.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > movement > [adjective] > of protoplasm or particles in cell

streaming1894

saltatory1964

1894 E. A. Minchin tr. Bütschli Investig. Microsc. Foams 124 The structural relations of the streaming protoplasm of the vegetable cell.

Derivatives

ˈstreamingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [adverb] > copiously or continuously

streaminglya1500

a1500 Medulla Gram. Coactim, stremyngly.

1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 404/2 At the burning of Corinth the veins of copper, brasse, golde, and siluer did runne streamingly together, and become mixed.

1585 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 362 Now goeth fire out of his mouth streamingly.

1677 E. Coles Dict. Eng.-Lat. Streamingly, profluenter.

1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 152 This of Turbith..brings off..thin Lympha..plentifully and streamingly.

Draft additions 1993

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.

ΘΚΠ

society > computing and information technology > data > database > [adjective] > transfer

streaming1979

1979 Electronics 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.

1980 Electronics 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.

1986 Which 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.

1988 Times 13 Apr. 31 The M240..offers three disk drive slots (with the option of integral streaming tape units for rapid disk back-up).

Draft additions March 2008

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.

ΚΠ

1987 in comp.graphics (Usenet newsgroup) 2 July (title) Why not streaming video recorders?

1991 Infoworld (Nexis) 5 Aug. Director 3.0 supports System 7.0 capabilities, including..streaming audio playback.

1997 Computer Weekly 18 Sept. 12/5 The format should provide Web site producers with better tools for creating streaming media.

2002 F. 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.

2015 J. Silverman Terms of Service 136 Activists filmed and photographed police and made heavy use of streaming video in order to transmit their message to a wider audience.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	streaming
释义	streamingn. /ˈstriːmɪŋ/ Etymology: < stream v. + -ing suffix¹. a. The action of the verb in various senses; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > copious or continuous gushingc1380 streaming1398 manation?a1425 pouring?a1425 outflowinga1586 effluence1628 effluxion1638 effluvium1651 efflux1651 outflow1785 beteeming1871 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > waving in the wind wave1648 waving1751 wafture1880 streaming1887 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. xxviii. x vj Arystotle sayth that lyghte is noo body, nother stremynge oute of a body. 1607 S. Hieron Worth Water of Life in All the Serm. (1614) 206 In a conuenient season, the veines of the earth are opened, and the dryed spring returneth to his former streaming. 1624 J. Gee Foot out of Snare xv. 97 This streaming of my pen from the fountaine of my heart. 1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 45 The streamings forth of divine grace. a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 481 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. 1887 W. Besant World Went II. xv. 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. Obsolete. Cf. streamer n. 3d. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > luminous appearance > [noun] > aurora > aurora borealis dancing-goats1563 petty dancers1635 streaming1694 north-light1706 aurora borealis1717 dancersc1717 northern morning1717 northern lights1722 aurora septentrionalis1728 northern dawn1728 northern light1728 morris dancers1735 streamers1735 north-shine1738 fire-flaught1787 boreal dawn1805 northern morn1822 firelights1845 1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) ii. 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. 1728 Derham Lumen Boreale in Philos. Trans. 1726–7 (Royal Soc.) 34 245 There are two sorts of Streamings,..one, by way of Explosion from the Horizon; the other, by opening and shutting, [etc.]. c. Heraldry. (See quot. 1725.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of heavenly bodies or phenomena > [noun] > ray from star or comet streaming1725 1725 J. Coats New Dict. Heraldry (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. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > washing or streaming washing1578 stream-work1586 streaming1778 surfacing1852 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 134 It did not require any great degree of penetration, to have comprehended Streaming and Draining under one idea. 1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 110 Hence the streaming, as it is called, or washing of the earth to obtain the tin-stone from it. 1853 A. Ure 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. Biology. A peculiar flowing motion or ‘rotation’ of protoplasm in a cell. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > movement > [noun] > of protoplasm, etc., in cell streaming1875 systrophe1886 1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 38 In the sacs of the Characeæ the nucleus disappears altogether when the streaming (Strömung) of the protoplasm begins. 1880 C. E. Bessey Bot. 6 In their plasmodia..many kinds of movements may be observed, the commonest of which is streaming. 1894 E. A. Minchin tr. Bütschli Investig. Microsc. Foams 122 The so-called rotational streaming of the protoplasm. f. Education. The practice of dividing pupils in a school into streams (stream n. 6e). Also, the allocation of pupils to different schools according to ability. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > school administration > [noun] > grouping of pupils by ability ability grouping1917 streaming1954 unstreaming1964 tracking1967 banding1969 1954 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol 45 147 Present methods of streaming in primary and secondary schools do not give the more backward as good a chance to make up. 1961 New Left Rev. Jan. 6/2 A streaming system..with secondary modern, technical and grammar-type schools. 1966 D. Jenkins Educated Society v. 200 An argument for turning all Secondary schools into Comprehensive schools with a strong streaming system. 1971 Where Sept. 262/2 The practice of streaming—classifying children according to their abilities in reading, writing and arithmetic—is gradually becoming suspect. 1980 Daily Tel. 10 Dec. 16/6 The proposals include phasing out of church schools, single sex schools, and streaming. Draft additions March 2008 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. ΚΠ 1987 Why 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. 1997 Creative Technol. May 18/1 Streaming means that the first part of the audio file is saved in memory, then played while the rest of the soundfile is simultaneously downloading. 2001 Personal 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. 2006 U.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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2019). streamingadj. /ˈstriːmɪŋ/ Etymology: -ing suffix². 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. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [adjective] livingeOE flowinga1000 runningOE quicka1300 livish?1536 lively1548 streaming1579 streamyc1595 crystal-flowing1605 preterlabent1670 manant1727 affluent1863 the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adjective] > copiously or suddenly wellingc1400 railinga1470 flushing?1548 washing1560 streaming1579 gushing1582 fluenta1592 teeming1627 the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adjective] > continuously streaming1579 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > flowing abundantly pouring1577 streaming1579 fluenta1592 affluent1704 gushingc1709 flooding1850 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Nov. 61 Let streaming teares be poured out in store. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iv. sig. Ff2 And with his streaming gore Distaines the pillours, and the holy grownd. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xiii. lxxvii. 249 The streaming showres..which heau'n shed on the thirstie lands. 1655 J. S. tr. B. della Rovere Phillis of Scyros iii. ii. 52 That little streaming Brook. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 146 From the slain Victims pour the streaming Blood. View more context for this quotation 1797 H. Lee Canterbury Tales I. 263 Constance..fixed her streaming eyes upon him. 1828 Lights & Shades Eng. Life II. 256 With clasped hands and streaming cheeks she implores us to give up our design. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxx. 98 Blasts that..lash with storm the streaming pane. View more context for this quotation figurative and in extended use.1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 150 Laburnum, rich In streaming gold.1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits i. 21 With a streaming humor, which floated every thing he looked upon. b. Of a cold: accompanied by copious running of the eyes and nose. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [adjective] > mucous discharge > of nose > accompanied by snivelling1688 streaming1923 1923 W. R. Inge Lay Thoughts (1926) iii. vii. 229 Persons..suffering from streaming colds, which are quite as infectious as..mumps or chicken-pox. 1982 Guardian 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. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > [adjective] > emitting rays beamy1398 flaming?a1400 streaminga1400 radious1417 radiantc1450 beamed1480 irradiant1526 beamish1530 beamsome1595 beamfula1631 irradiating1651 radiating1651 beaming1667 streamy1718 irradiativea1834 radiescent1863 emissive1870 a1400–50 Wars Alex. 3796 As ai stremand sternes stared all þaire wedis. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 115 Stremande sternez. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) ii. xx. sig. r.iii^v Anone a stremyng sterre appered sodaynlye. 1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. D6 Her streaming rayes haue pierc'd the cloudie skies. 1637 J. Milton Comus 12 Some gentle taper..Visit us With thy long levell'd rule of streaming light. 1735 W. Somervile Chace iv. 73 If haply then he cross the streaming Scent, Away he flies vain glorious. 1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad i. 4 As, from the setting skies, At ev'n's approach, a streaming meteor flies. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid iii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 156 Clear in the streaming light they showed. 3. Of a flag, hair, etc.: see stream v. 3a, 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > waving in the wind windyc1450 streaming1567 flying1607 wavinga1616 flaunting1624 the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] > hanging down > streaming streaming1567 plemmirrulate1592 flowing1606 flying1607 loose1781 streamy1813 fly-away1843 flowy1925 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 40^v In steade of streaming sayles hee Wishes hanges aloft. 1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 8 Thou mayest see in mine [house] many streaming ensignes. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xix. 143 Their streaming banners of silk..waved round the person of the emperor. 1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. i. 214 The mild Tupia..Long watch'd the streaming signal from the mast. 1836 C. Wordsworth Athens & Attica ii. 14 The braided hair of these women falls over the back in two long streaming folds. 1855 Poultry Chron. 2 519 The male bird..with his white streaming feathers. 4. Of persons or animals: Moving in a continuous stream. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective] > in continuous stream streaming1852 1852 Ld. Tennyson Ode Wellington 9 Here, in streaming London's central roar. 1895 M. Hewlett Earthwork out of Tuscany 38 Streaming processions of virgins and young boys. 1900 Westm. 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. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [adjective] > types of streaming1778 off-handed1846 offhand1849 hard rock1890 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 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. Biology. Of protoplasm: cf. streaming n. e. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > movement > [adjective] > of protoplasm or particles in cell streaming1894 saltatory1964 1894 E. A. Minchin tr. Bütschli Investig. Microsc. Foams 124 The structural relations of the streaming protoplasm of the vegetable cell. Derivatives ˈstreamingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [adverb] > copiously or continuously streaminglya1500 a1500 Medulla Gram. Coactim, stremyngly. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 404/2 At the burning of Corinth the veins of copper, brasse, golde, and siluer did runne streamingly together, and become mixed. 1585 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 362 Now goeth fire out of his mouth streamingly. 1677 E. Coles Dict. Eng.-Lat. Streamingly, profluenter. 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 152 This of Turbith..brings off..thin Lympha..plentifully and streamingly. Draft additions 1993 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. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > data > database > [adjective] > transfer streaming1979 1979 Electronics 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. 1980 Electronics 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. 1986 Which 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. 1988 Times 13 Apr. 31 The M240..offers three disk drive slots (with the option of integral streaming tape units for rapid disk back-up). Draft additions March 2008 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. ΚΠ 1987 in comp.graphics (Usenet newsgroup) 2 July (title) Why not streaming video recorders? 1991 Infoworld (Nexis) 5 Aug. Director 3.0 supports System 7.0 capabilities, including..streaming audio playback. 1997 Computer Weekly 18 Sept. 12/5 The format should provide Web site producers with better tools for creating streaming media. 2002 F. 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. 2015 J. Silverman Terms of Service 136 Activists filmed and photographed police and made heavy use of streaming video in order to transmit their message to a wider audience. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1398adj.a1400
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