streaming

Playing music or video over the internet while it arrives, without downloading the whole file first.

• Streaming uses an internet connection.
• I pay for music streaming.
• Live streaming lets fans watch the concert from home.

Common phrases: video streaming, live streaming, streaming service

The steady movement of liquid or other things in one direction.

• We observed the streaming of water through the opening.
• The streaming of particles slowed as the liquid cooled.
• A microscope revealed streaming inside the living cells.

How to use it: the streaming of something (The experiment showed the streaming of fluid through narrow channels.)

Similar words: flow

Common phrases: streaming of something, fluid streaming

Putting students into separate classes according to how well they do at school.

• The school introduced streaming last year.
• Some parents oppose streaming in primary schools.
• Streaming separates pupils according to their academic ability.

Similar words: tracking, ability grouping

Common phrases: streaming in schools, academic streaming, ability streaming

Using water to wash river deposits and collect valuable metals from them.

• Tin streaming once supported the village.
• The miners used streaming to recover tin from gravel.
• Water channels carried waste away during streaming.

Common phrases: tin streaming, streaming for tin

Flowing or moving steadily in one direction.

• Streaming tears ran down her face.
• We stood beneath the streaming water.
• Streaming sunlight filled the room.

Similar words: flowing

Common phrases: streaming tears, streaming water, streaming sunlight