streamwise

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adjective

In the direction of a stream

OriginProto-Germanic *wīsaz ← Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós ← English stream →
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Meanings

adjectivestreamwise (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn the direction of a stream

    AEROFOIL. The name given to the lifting wing or, more correctly, to the shape of a streamwise section through such a wing.

    1976, Ian Naismith Sneddon, Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Mathematics for Engineers and Applied Scientists, →ISBN, page 9

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*srew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*srow-mo-s
  4. Proto-Germanic*straumaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*straum
  6. Old Englishstrēam
  7. Middle Englishstrem
  8. Englishstream
  9. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  11. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-s-ós
  12. Proto-Germanic*wīsaz
  13. Englishstreamwise

From stream + -wise.

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APA

streamwise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/streamwise

MLA

“streamwise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/streamwise. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “streamwise,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/streamwise.

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