Mainstream

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  mainstream \main"stream`\ n.
     The prevailing opinion or practise; as, the doctor avoided
     using therapies outside the mainstream of modern medical
     practice.
     [PJC]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  mainstream \main"stream`\ v. t. (Education)
     TO place (a student) in regular school classes; -- used
     especially of mentally or physically handicapped children.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mainstream
       n : the prevailing current of thought; "his thinking was in the
           American mainstream"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "mainstream":
     Zeitgeist, bearing, course, current, direction, drift,
     glacial movement, line, main current, motion, movement, run, set,
     stream, swing, tenor, the general tendency, the main course,
     time spirit, tone, trend