stream Význam & definícia

Význam stream v slovenčine

• 0 water that flows naturally along a fixed route formed by a channel cut into rock or ground, usually at ground level:

  • a mountain stream

  • underground streams

  • There's a bubbling stream that flows through their property.

• 1 any current of water or liquid:

  • the level of cholesterol in your blood stream

  • She stopped rowing and let the boat float with the stream.

  • There has been a steady stream of phone calls from worried customers.

  • I had a constant stream of visitors while I was ill.

• 2 a group of school students with similar ability who are approximately the same age and are taught together:

  • I'm in the A stream for maths, and the B stream for English.

  • the top/bottom stream

• 3 to flow somewhere or produce liquid, quickly and in large amounts without stopping:

  • There were tears streaming down his face.

  • One woman was carried from the scene of the accident with blood streaming from her head.

  • UK I've got a terrible cold and my nose has been streaming all week.

  • We were all very excited as we streamed out of our final exam.

  • Officials estimate that 20,000 refugees streamed into the city last week.

  • His hair streamed out behind him as he rode off.

• 4 to send or receive sound or video directly over the internet as a continuous flow:

  • On YouTube, millions of videos are streamed every day.

  • To pick up this signal, you will need a high-speed internet connection to stream it to your computer.

• 5 to group and teach together school students with similar abilities who are approximately the same age:

  • We start to stream the children in the third form.

• 6 a small river that flows on or below the surface of the ground:

  • Rivers are wider, deeper, and longer than streams.

• 7 a continuous flow:

  • The faucet leaked in a steady stream.

  • An endless stream of traffic clogged the roads today.

• 8 to send continuous sound or moving images using computers:

  • Wi-fi networking allows you to stream music from a PC to the device.

• 9 to move continuously:

  • Record numbers of applications were streaming into our offices.

  • Tears streamed down her cheeks.

  • Sunlight was streaming through the window.

• 10 a regular flow of money:

  • Utilities have a steady stream of cash coming in from their customers.

  • Fees for advising on acquisitions represent a large part of big banks' income streams.

• 11 a large number of things or people of a similar type that happen or are seen one after the other:

  • a/the stream of sth A bankruptcy filing would add to the stream of business failures that have plagued corporate America.

  • a steady/constant/continuous stream of sth/sb At the moment, we're seeing a steady stream of people in trouble from refinancings.

• 12 to start to be used to produce or manufacture something:

  • New power plants need to come on stream by 2016-17.

• 13 to listen to or watch sound or video on a computer, mobile phone, etc. directly from the internet rather than downloading it and saving it first, or to send sound or video in this way:

  • stream video/music/files You can now use your home wi-fi wireless network to stream music from your PC.

  • Streaming channels to individual handsets takes up a lot of network capacity.

  • Although TV and other video can be streamed over 3G networks, it is not a broadcast technology.