'protoplasmic streaming' definitions:

Definition of 'protoplasmic streaming'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mining) The reduction of stream tin; also, the search for stream tin. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Biol.) the rapid flow of cytoplasm within a cell; -- called also protoplasmic streaming. [PJC]