Word.ws English Dictionary

thirdstream

thirdstream is the alternative form of third stream.

Meaning of third stream

Noun

third stream (uncountable)

  1. A form of jazz created in the 1950s, performed in ensembles in a style influenced by Western classical music, such as by using musical notation and eschewing improvisation.
    • The movement they brought into existence, "Third Stream", was for the most part an effort by jazz composers and musicians to adopt some of the conventions […]2001, Ellen Koskoff, editor, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America, Garland Publishing, page 335

Questions about thirdstream

What is thirdstream the alternative form of?
Thirdstream is the alternative form of third stream.

Words near thirdstream in the dictionary

  1. Thirdonia
  2. thirds
  3. thirdsman
  4. thirdsmen
  5. thirdspace
  6. thirdstream
  7. thirdy
  8. Thirke
  9. Thirkell
  10. Thirkells
  11. Thirkettle

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: thirdstream (page history and authors); third stream (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “thirdstream.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/thirdstream. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.