stream

ruisseau

Petite rivière dont l’eau coule entre deux rives.

En anglais simple : A small river with water moving between its banks.

• A stream runs behind our house.
• We crossed the stream on a wooden bridge.
• Small fish swam in the clear streams.

Synonymes : creek, brook

Expressions courantes : mountain stream, cross a stream, clear stream

flux, flot

Suite de choses qui se déplacent ou arrivent sans interruption.

En anglais simple : Things that move or come one after another without stopping.

• A stream of people left the station.
• Her question interrupted my stream of thought.
• We received a steady stream of messages.

Comment l'utiliser : a stream of something (A stream of visitors arrived throughout the afternoon.)

Synonymes : flow, succession

Expressions courantes : stream of something, steady stream, constant stream, endless stream

flux de données

Données qu’un programme informatique lit ou écrit dans l’ordre, partie après partie.

En anglais simple : Computer information that a program reads or writes in order, one part after another.

• The program reads data from a stream.
• Close the output stream after writing the file.
• These streams contain information from different sensors.

Synonymes : data stream

Expressions courantes : data stream, input stream, output stream

couler, affluer

Se déplacer ou arriver de façon continue, sans s’arrêter.

En anglais simple : To move or arrive steadily, without stopping.

• Water streamed into the boat.
• People were streaming through the gates.
• Sunlight streams through the kitchen window each morning.

Comment l'utiliser : stream into/out of somewhere (People streamed out of the cinema.); stream down something (Rain streamed down the window.)

Synonymes : flow, pour

Expressions courantes : stream into something, stream down something, stream through something, stream from something

flotter

S’étendre et onduler sous l’effet du vent.

En anglais simple : To stretch out and move in waves in the wind.

• Her hair streamed in the wind.
• Bright ribbons streamed from the bicycle handles.
• The long banner was streaming behind the boat.

Comment l'utiliser : stream behind someone/something (Her scarf streamed behind her as she ran.)

Synonymes : flutter, trail

Expressions courantes : stream in the wind, stream behind someone, stream out