ström

Swedish

/strœm/

noun
Definitions
  • current, flow; the part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction
  • current; a flow of electric charge
  • stream; a thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air)
  • stream; any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words
  • (sciences) stream; umbrella term for all moving waters
  • (computing) stream; a source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.

Etymology

Derived from Old Swedish strömber derived from Old Norse straumr (stream, tide, a current, a stream, a race, a river, current) derived from Proto-Germanic *straumaz (stream) derived from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos (river).

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Proto-Indo-European

*srowmos

Gloss

river

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Kanji

川, 河

Emoji
🐻

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