streamings

Noun

streaming (usually uncountable, plural streamings)

1. (usually) Movement as a stream.
2. (usually) The transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data without first storing it.
   • Streaming has a dirty secret. The carbon footprint produced by fans watching a month of Netflix’s top 10 global TV hits is equivalent to driving a car a hefty distance beyond Saturn.2021 October 29, Mark Sweney, “Streaming’s dirty secret: how viewing Netflix top 10 creates vast quantity of CO2”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
3. (Internet, usually) Synonym of livestreaming.

   Synonyms:

   livestreaming

4. (UK, usually) Division of classes into academic streams.
   • Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30

   Synonyms:

   tracking

5. (usually) The working of alluvial deposits to obtain ore.

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