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streamer

ˈstrimər
WordNet
Needle lace Berthe with a scalloped edge consisting of oval medallions connected by streamers. Various flowers grow from the medallions. Sprinkled flowers adorn the ground.
Needle lace Berthe with a scalloped edge consisting of oval medallions connected by streamers. Various flowers grow from the medallions. Sprinkled flowers adorn the ground.
  1. (n) streamer
    long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
  2. (n) streamer
    a long flag; often tapering
  3. (n) streamer
    a newspaper headline that runs across the full page
  4. (n) streamer
    light that streams "streamers of flames"
Illustrations
Fringes of silver thread decorated with three streamers with loops interspersed with cartisanes in the form of four-leaf rosettes, at the ends of a silk grosgrain ribbon. Smooth cut covered. (torn off) Torn corded ribbon is loose in the box.
Fringes of silver thread decorated with three streamers with loops interspersed with cartisanes in the form of four-leaf rosettes, at the ends of a silk grosgrain ribbon. Smooth cut covered. (torn off) Torn corded ribbon is loose in the box.
Porcelain plate. Scalloped edge with gold trim. Painted on the rim with four streamers of dotted ribbon in green and white, from which hang bouquets of purple flowers. In the center three violets in purple, green, yellow and blue tied together with ribbon. Rocailles in gold along the edge.
Porcelain plate. Scalloped edge with gold trim. Painted on the rim with four streamers of dotted ribbon in green and white, from which hang bouquets of purple flowers. In the center three violets in purple, green, yellow and blue tied together with ribbon. Rocailles in gold along the edge.
Cap slip from Argentankant. The pattern has streamers that run across the width, sprouting small leaves and flowers.
Cap slip from Argentankant. The pattern has streamers that run across the width, sprouting small leaves and flowers.
Belly shaped. Alternating large and small scallops are closed at the top by fine streamers. In the large shells there is in turn a branch with two carnations and a rose branch. The small bell-shaped shell has an oval in the top and an asymmetrical Rocaille medallion in the heart. The petals alternately have a very matt and a thinner background. Point de gaze de Bruxelles.
Belly shaped. Alternating large and small scallops are closed at the top by fine streamers. In the large shells there is in turn a branch with two carnations and a rose branch. The small bell-shaped shell has an oval in the top and an asymmetrical Rocaille medallion in the heart. The petals alternately have a very matt and a thinner background. Point de gaze de Bruxelles.
Strip of natural colored machine lace: machine lace from Lille. Five rows of synchronously undulating streamers fill the strip from the bottom to almost the center line. Each garland is decorated with circles and dots and alternately with a kind of chalice flower crowned with dots. The motifs are provided with contour threads and are connected by a fine tulle ground, which continues above the center line without motifs and is cut straight. Along the underside of the strip, the lower garland creates a scalloped edge, which is finished with picots. One short side is finished with a seam.
Strip of natural colored machine lace: machine lace from Lille. Five rows of synchronously undulating streamers fill the strip from the bottom to almost the center line. Each garland is decorated with circles and dots and alternately with a kind of chalice flower crowned with dots. The motifs are provided with contour threads and are connected by a fine tulle ground, which continues above the center line without motifs and is cut straight. Along the underside of the strip, the lower garland creates a scalloped edge, which is finished with picots. One short side is finished with a seam.
A fragment of blue and white striped silk, with colored bouquets, bows and streamers. Note: Selvedge; 0.4 cm, plain weave.
A fragment of blue and white striped silk, with colored bouquets, bows and streamers. Note: Selvedge; 0.4 cm, plain weave.
Include patterns with streamers, squares and triangles. Sheet 55 recto from a 60-sheet sketchbook.
Include patterns with streamers, squares and triangles. Sheet 55 recto from a 60-sheet sketchbook.
Two dessus-de-portes with garlands and crowned vases with seahorses and dragons with streamers in their mouths as handles.
Two dessus-de-portes with garlands and crowned vases with seahorses and dragons with streamers in their mouths as handles.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Streamer
    (Journalism) a banner.
  2. Streamer
    (Mining) A searcher for stream tin.
  3. Streamer
    A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis. "While overhead the North's dumb streamers shoot."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) streamer
    That which streams out, or hangs or floats at full length: applied to anything long and narrow, as a ribbon.
  2. (n) streamer
    A long narrow flag; a pennon extended or flowing in the wind: same as pennant, 1 .
  3. (n) streamer
    A stream or column of light shooting upward or outward, as in some forms of the aurora borealis.
  4. (n) streamer
    A long flowing strip of ribbon, or feather, or something similar, used in decoration, especially in dress.
  5. (n) streamer
    A long-exserted feather which streams away from the rest of the plumage of some birds; a pennant or standard. See cuts under Semioptera and standard-bearer.
  6. (n) streamer
    In mining, a person who washes for stream-tin. See streaming.
  7. (n) streamer
    The geometrid moth Anticlea derivata: an English collectors' name.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (ns) Streamer
    an ensign or flag streaming or flowing in the wind: a luminous beam shooting upward from the horizon
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. streám; Ger. straum, Ice. straumr.

Usage in the news

Google's response to Apple TV and a slew of media streamers is a Magic 8 Ball-sized sphere that you can control only with an Android device. pcworld.com

Lake Trout caught on a double bunny streamer as it. flyrodreel.com

30 Inch Brown that smashed a Streamer . flyrodreel.com

Bang & Olufsen Debuts Stylish Playmaker Music Streamer. electronichouse.com

For a limited time, Logitech is slashing $500 off the price of its high-end music streamer. electronichouse.com

DVEO is now shipping their new continuous streamer and VOD (video-on-demand) media server. broadcastengineering.com

0Fuel Streamers Group of Texas was selected as a buyer for the plant but backed out last month. luctv6.com

I did a mental survey of my house and came up with 12, including iPods, tablets, media streamers, etc. electronichouse.com

4 Media Streamers Tested and Rated. ired.com

Sony NSZ-GS7 Media Streamer with Google TV. ired.com

It's no secret that I'm a fan of garland — bunting, flags, streamers, you name it. bhg.com

Spotify investor sees music streamer listed in coming years. orlandosentinel.com

Internet radio streamer Pandora seems poised to start extending its reach with the zeal of Netflix, starting with Samsung Blu-ray players. electronichouse.com

I used to be a blissfully happy trout angler living a normal life in southwest Montana, catching dozens of fish a day on tiny dries or great big streamers. flyrodreel.com

A beautiful, powerful media streamer that could be great--and isn't. popsci.com

Usage in scientific papers

UVCS measurements have also been used to derive the wind outflow speeds in streamers.
Coronal Heating versus Solar Wind Acceleration

MACRO detected upgoing νµ ’s via CC interactions νµ → µ; upgoing muons were identified with streamer tubes (for tracking) and scintillators (for time-of-flight measurements), points and rectangles in Fig. 1a .
Atmospheric neutrino and Long Baseline neutrino experiments

This indicates that ultra-thin streamers are unlikely to exist.
The theory of gyrokinetic turbulence: A multiple-scales approach

Avanzini et al, High Precision Limited Streamer Drift Tubes, Nucl.
The GlueX Central Drift Chamber: Design and Performance

In a comparison between global MHD and PFSS solutions, Riley [2006] found that the magnetic field in the MHD solution was more inflated and opened, with a realistic “cusp-like” morphology of coronal streamers not present in the PFSS solution.
A Non-potential Model for the Sun's Open Magnetic Flux

Usage in literature

A circle of burning mist shot forth long streamers of light from the North, and a similar phenomena occurred in the South. "Mizora: A Prophecy" by Mary E. Bradley

The light wind caught the last streamers of dust and carried them away over the trees. "The Eyes of the Woods" by Joseph A. Altsheler

Look at the streamers! "Tam O' The Scoots" by Edgar Wallace

Along Fleet Street and the Strand they took the form of an actual canopy of banners, standards, streamers and strings of flowers. "The Life of King Edward VII" by J. Castell Hopkins

Now, the narrow bay by the island was glittering with gallant streamers. "Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2)" by John Roby

The stars and the planets became streamers of light. "Hunters Out of Space" by Joseph Everidge Kelleam

In it were tied bright streamers of crimson ribbon. "Blackbeard: Buccaneer" by Ralph D. Paine

Once, when I inserted a long streamer of delicate water-weed, it remained upright, like some strange tree of carboniferous memory. "Edge of the Jungle" by William Beebe

A word applied in ancient vessels both to the ornament on the prow and to the streamer or ensign on the stern. "The Sailor's Word-Book" by William Henry Smyth

I know a little song that we all used to sing as we took hold of the bright streamers. "A Little Maid of Province Town" by Alice Turner Curtis

Usage in poetry
The day is won--peace to the brave!
But whilst the joyous streamers wave,
We'll think upon the victor's grave!
Peace to the brave!
"Dirge OF Nelson" by William Lisle Bowles
The towers flung out their brightest banners,
The ships their streamers gay,
And every one, from lord to peasant,
Made joyful holiday.
"The Sleeping Princess" by Clara Doty Bates Author object (117)
Blasted trees and willow streamers,
'Midst the terror round them spread,
Seem like awe-bound, silent dreamers
In this garden of the dead.
"The Cemetery Nightingale" by Morris Rosenfeld
Ring out the joy-bells far and wide,
Bid festal guns salute the Bride,
Fling out the streamers far and free,
Fair Stranger, hail!—all joy to thee
Within thy northern home.
"Epithalamium" by Janet Hamilton
With a cross of gold, as on they passed, The crimson streamers flew;
The shields hung glittering round the mast,
And on the waves a radiance cast,
Whilst all the trumpets blew.
"The Harp Of Hoel" by William Lisle Bowles
Thus came Olaf to his own,
When upon the night-wind blown
Passed that cry along the shore;
And he answered, while the rifted
Streamers o'er him shook and shifted,
"I accept thy challenge, Thor!"
"Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf II. -- The King's Return" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Author object (294)