streent

A Middle English form of strain2. 2. In biol., the peculiar flowing motion of the particles of protoplasm in an ameba or other rhizopod, by which the form of the animalcule changes or pseudopods are protruded; also, the similar circulation or rotation of the protoplasm of some plant-cells. See protoplasm, and rotation of protoplasm (under rotation ). streaming (stre ming), p. a. In her., i uing, as rays of light: as, rays streaming from the dexter chief.