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protoplasmic streaming

Streaming \Stream"ing\, n.

  1. The act or operation of that which streams; the act of that which sends forth, or which runs in, streams.

  2. (Mining) The reduction of stream tin; also, the search for stream tin.

  3. (Biol.) the rapid flow of cytoplasm within a cell; -- called also protoplasmic streaming.

Usage examples of "protoplasmic streaming".

It has a motile form which wanders around by means of protoplasmic streaming, but the colonies can also set rock-hard, setting their molecular systems in sugar like sporulating bacteria or algae that have to withstand ultralow temperatures.