Meaning of stream | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
3. All moving waters.
4. A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).
5. Current, the force of moving water.
6. Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
7. A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.
   figuratively
8. A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
9. Digital data (e.g. music or video) delivered in a continuous manner to a client computer, intended for immediate consumption or playback.
10. An instance of streaming digital data.
11. A live stream.
12. A division of a school year by perceived ability.
    UK
13. A train of thought or flow in a conversation or discussion.

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Examples

“Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].”

“European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.”

“He poured the milk in a thin stream from the jug to the glass.”

“to swim against the stream”

“Her constant nagging was to him a stream of abuse.”

“With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.”

“A new stream of migrants is leaving the continent. It threatens to become a torrent if the debt crisis continues to worsen.”

“Haredi Judaism is a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture.”

“In the context of computer science, lexical analysis can be defined as the conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens.”

“If your favorite Succession storylines involve the fictional ATN and network drama, give Apple TV’s The Morning Show a stream.”

“All of the bright kids went into the A stream, but I was in the B stream.”

“Not to switch streams, but we really need to focus on talking about the economy right now...”

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