streamwise

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *srew-der.

Proto-Indo-European *srow-mo-s

Proto-Germanic *straumaz

Proto-West Germanic *straum

Old English strēam

Middle English strem

English stream

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *wéydos

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós

Proto-Germanic *wīsaz

Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz

Proto-West Germanic *-wīs

Old English -wīs

Middle English -wis

English -wise

English streamwise

From stream + -wise.

Adjective

streamwise (not comparable)

1. In the direction of a stream
   • 1976, Ian Naismith Sneddon, Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Mathematics for Engineers and Applied Scientists‎^[1], →ISBN, page 9:

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

Derived terms

• streamwisely